My new interest

Some things cannot be unheard.. I've entered the world of Drama CDs and I can't turn back. Diabolik lovers started me off-- not a good start because it was seriously too extreme for a newcomer like myself.. but I got captured either way. One thing I know, I'll be staying clear of BLCDs, I thought I was kinda warming up to abit of shounen ai here and there but yappari muri desu!! X_X

This gives me an urge to learn japanese, I'm seriously considering taking Japanese lvl 1000 language module next semester. It's quite impossible to play otome games without english or chinese patches and even after taking the module I know I won't be able to get through even a quarter of the game without any form of translation aid but audio wise, I'm confident I'll be able to make more progress :D

Half the time I don't know what I'm feeling when I listen to these CDs while doing school work, it slows me down at times because I don't know wth the voice actor is saying and it seems so interesting! So i google for translations but usually there are none and I feel like hitting myself for not understanding the language despite having watched anime for so many years. Can roughly guess the content lah but that's not enough!!

There are instances when I read the translations...

and decide that I should not listen after all. 

There are also times where I read the translation in conjunction with the audio track

and ^//////^  

                                     

These two are reserved for diabolik lovers cos... -shudders-

I got these gifs from tumblr wahaha they're really cute and describes the emotions so well :D

Thoughts on winter 2011 anime

I really love the winter season anime i've been watching, it's been quite some time since I grew so attach to any series, last was Ookiku furikabutte and Durarara almost  2 years ago.

Third favourite: Natsume yuujinchou shi is as lovely as ever, though it's not quite my favourite season out of the 4, but then again I can't choose a favourite season. They're all so beautiful /T ^T/ The last episode is coming, with the slightly more emo arc of Natsume visiting his house.

Second fave: Chihayafuru. I can't describe how nostalgic the series makes me feel, even though I've never heard of karuta before watching this anime. Chihayafuru reminds me of the days where I played weiqi in school after reading Hikaru no go.... The typical training and tournament plot works very well to keep me interested and the subtle love triangle is making me squeal, so badly. I was melting at Taichi's words last episode. I'm all for Taichi and Chihaya-- It will break my heart if they don't get together in the future. It's not the focus of the plot, nor does it matter the most to both the characters at this current point, but I want it to happen so badly. Now's not the right time though, still early, Drag it on!! then it will be very epic and fulfilling (for me) when they finally get together ^^

*side note*What has Arata done other than to introduce, teach karuta and ignite the passion they have for the game? okie.. i'm understating his contributions here because.. no one is allowed to get between the pairing i ship (Y)

Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou ranks first. After playing Starry Sky, I've started to take so much more notice of the voice actors. Not that I didn't care in the past, but it was more of recognizing the voice and feeling satisfied. Now, I marvel at how they are able to manipulate their voice and it's totally amazing. For this series, the voice actors nailed it for me, Tomokazu Sugita in particular. Because Hidenori sounds like Gin san -love- I enjoy every single silly scenario in every episode. Honestly, this is not the kind of anime I would spend money buying but it has definitely been my consistent main source of laughter every week.

The last episode airs next week. Which brought on the sudden wave of sadness when I realised that so many good series are ending almost at the same time. HxH hiatus, Natsume yuujinchou, Danshi koukousei and even Gintama anime (not sure about this though heh)

Togashi trolls us all

I've not read the latest chapter aka 340 yet, but I know that netero has a son who appears in it. NETERO HAS A SON?!

Togashi is going on a break, strangely i'm not feeling as upset as I should be.. Guess it's because the chimera ant arc ended, and many significant things have happened in the manga, so i'm not complaining.

Hunter X Hunter is also getting an original movie which I have low expectation for... Anime movies are meehh.

OTHER THAN HOTARUBI NO MORI E and a few others. Read the manga long ago and was fangirling about the movie coming out some months back. Forgot about it until I caught sight of the video uploaded.

It was short and sweet

Hunter X Hunter 338

I have a Tuuummbbblrrr now! Check the link at the side

Was stalking the hunter x hunter tags there and to my relief, i'm not the only one disappointed and upset that Killua and Gon parted ways in the latest chapter. It was presented so simply that I couldn't believe that it happened. Gon went ahead to climb the tree at the top of the world to meet his dad while Killua left with his sister, claiming that he needed to speak to his dad and travel to many places with her.

Yes youre prepared, but are you happier there?

Oh Kaito, you're not helping!

Gon: Hahaha
Me: -teary eye- Killua how could you say this..

Gon and Killua will keep in touch and meet up in the future. Wherever they are, they're always going to be friends.

That's all there is to it.

-weeps-

Cosfest X2

Long, long, detailed post with lots of rambling. Not to be used as an overview of the event.
Went for day one of cosfest last saturday, or rather, went for the later half since yz and I only reached there at 5pm.
We were so unprepared D: so much more we could have done and experienced, but it's okay,there are plenty more events to attend!! XD ps, i'm going to sound pissed in the recount, but please bear in mind that it was great great fun though i almost had a heart attack a few times and was getting irritated near the end of preparation because things kept going wrong and it was getting late.