Ate alot of potato

Wow i actually survived last week. Only history tests can have this effect on me: Insomnia the night before, diarrhoea on the day itself, lack of appetite, hair tearing tendencies blablablaa
I swear all the history students were looking at each other with miserable eyes when they happened to meet in school. Just a simple 3 hour test but yea that's how stressed i feel over it. Even chem doesn't give me such headaches XD

Anyway, went to nie for band prac last sat and bringing the saxophone home and to nie has given me very bad muscle aches. At the mrt station, i was actually stopped by the security lady before i could escape up the escalator (i saw her eyeing me at the gate already) then had to open the case and my bag to show her i wasnt carrying anything explosive or dangerous

Security lady (SL haha) : Sorry, could you step here for a moment?
Me: Err it's a saxophone
A moment of silence where we both did nothing
Me: Eh i still have to open it?
SL : Yes, and your bag too. Sorry ah, it's my duty to check.
So i opened and showed her. She actually thought the black music file was a laptop XD
SL: Ok thanks! Sorry for the trouble
Me: Ahhhh~ (cos i forgot to zip the case and tried to lift it up)

Well, nothing much happened at nie. Oh yes, my syf is on 6 may, same day as yuhsuan!! Nj is the 1st band to perform ahhhhhhhhh gg.

Code breakers is getting exciting whoo~ i think it will be made into an anime soon though there are no news yet. Also read the new chapters for kuroshitsuji and bakuman which made me laugh alot. Detroit metal city has kinda lost it's effect one me.. i used to laugh like a mad man but now i can contain the laughter inside. Same for school rumble =( nooooo...

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Loveless anime and manga review

Today, i shall reveal what i have been reading this past week: LOVELESS

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*Gasps! I'm anti yaoi! Why am i reading Loveless?!*

This is going to be quite a lengthy post cos i have lots to say. This post might be disjointed cos i'm not that good at organizing my thoughts

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It started out pretty innocently.. i happened to see and clicked on chapter 74 to see what on earth the whole thing was about. Other than the clean scans and big fonts (code breaker strains my eyes T__T), there was nothing shounen ai-ish about that chapter so i wasn't too repelled. I was drawn in by the conversation between the characters which sounded beautiful and meaningful but i couldn't understand fully what they were talking about.. That was when i decided to start reading from chapter 1.

Let's just say i prepared myself to close the window should anything disturbing pop out but it never came. Loveless is definitely shounen ai but not yaoi. We see a kiss here and there and nothing more ahaha. And and and omg Soubi is *heart* XD he doesnt make me go fangirly unlike the past bishies i fall in love with but i'm definitely attracted to Soubi.

Soubi kun XDXD

Plot:

The manga started out quite differently by announcing the death of Seimei-- the older brother of Ritsuka who is our 12 year old protagonist. He transfers school and one day after school, meets a university art student Soubi who is the other protagonist. Ritsuka gets drawn deeper into discovering Seimei's murder and also fighting battles with Soubi as his 'fighter'.

Let me elaborate on this cool fighting system in Loveless. Battles are fought between 2 teams, each consisting of a 'sacrifice' and a 'fighter' unit. Fighter is controlled by the sacrifice who takes all the damage during a battle.

Ritsuka.. you're too emo for a 12 year old kid. But i don't blame you

I can't resist bishies, seriously. So i fell prey to Soubi who would be the perfect bishie (seme) except for his light coloured hair. He's strong, mysterious, charming, protective and faithful but keeps too many secrets and can be too cold towards others at times.

A bit of analysis:
Soubi: Ristuka, I love you *smiles gently*

Ritsuka: *blush angrily* d--dddon't say that!!!

Yea.. this scene repeated itself a few times within the first 30 chapters. And whenever this happens i still cringe inwardly but there's a sweet after taste hehe =X Though i am still affected by the shounen ai parts, i can accept them better than those in X.. maybe because what i see in Loveless is more pure + less motive ridden and angsty.

Now moving on to the roles of seme and uke........ The whole thing is ironic.. 'Sacrifices' are supposed to protected (uke) while the 'fighters' take on the attacking role (seme) but at the same time, 'sacrifices' give commands which 'fighters' must obey so i wonder who the one really in control is. It's obvious that Soubi is the seme and Ritsuka, the uke but Soubi loves to take orders from Ritsuka. Imo, that does not make Soubi any less of a seme cos he's clearly the more aggressive one. There was this once where Soubi behaved like an uke and i was so amazed that i read that chapter twice. Don't ask why, i don't know X__X

I like the art and the mangaka was able to maintain the quality throughout the 75 chapters (thinks of hxh and shudders) The anime is not bad too.. Being so intrigued by the manga, i watched a few episodes of the anime which did not cover even half of the manga.. i think there will be a second season in the future. Decent graphics and very good soundtracks. The ending song especially, sounds extremely sad and touching. One thing i wasn't very satisfied with was Soubi's voice. For goodness sake, he sounds like an ah pek! Wth.. and Ritsuka's voice was rougher and more mature than what i had imagined. Sigh i got used to it after a while but.. Soubi T__T they could have made him sound younger.

I loved the fantastic battle scenes in the anime which the manga did little justice to. It was just soooo cool haha. But i would recommend the manga because it's easier to understand and allows more time to read + digest.

Conclusion:
Throwing aside any disgust i have (note the present tense) for yaoi and shounen ai, i have to admit that Loveless is a good piece of work. I understand that the atmosphere portrayed by the manga cannot be achieved if it was about the relationship between a male and female. Only the strange, fragile yet intense love between Ritsuka and Soubi works this way. I was totally intrigued by the plot (mysteries and bishies) and since the manga is ongoing, i'll be waiting patiently as a good fangirl should for my monthly dose of loveless

Random: Soubi has Midou ban's glasses and he looks like Abel from trinity blood when he smiles with his eyes closed ^_^

Good news people =D

New saxophones arrived today (2 altos) and from tomorrow onwards, i will be playing a new golden and shiny selmer saxophone! XDXD I was so surprised when my sl told me about the new arrivals. Lalala the new instrument is very nice to play and it sounds good too! Eh.. other than a few notes sounding flat and the sticky keys, the saxophone is perfect! Puuurrrfffeeeeccct =D

It comes with a new mouth piece, swab and even reeds, totally cool and the soft case looks chic XD will take pictures soon then you'll all see how shiny it is. Haha. Should i give it a name?

I know i havent been updating much but i have a history debate to reseach on so that's it for today. Btw i'm still sacrificing my blogging time on fridays and sundays to read manga and watch anime. And i think ppl will freak if they know what i'm reading.. But don't worry cos it's not hentai =P

Harp appreciation was fantastic! X Insightful manga?

It was the highlight of last week!! In my opinion =l Many ppl ponned but i'm sure those who went enjoyed themselves too haha the harp has such a sweet sound.

Finally, i watched zoku natsume yuujinchou. It was the same peaceful style as season 1. Not bad for a 1st episode but i hope to see more development, with each episode contributing to a climax later on in the series. If not i will think twice about watching the 3rd season if it ever comes out. Love the opening and ending songs though, very catchy! I also loved the clarinet and piano bgm.

I am officially listing Code Breaker as my weekly manga series. It's decent i guess, with the introduction of more characters and secrets revealed.

Idiot XD a 'World Class Iron Door Bender' competition is just too ridiculous

Some insights from Tista: What happens when you die

I gave up blogging to read manga on friday eg Code breaker and Lugwig Kakumei

So.. sorry for the late post XD

If i only blog once a week, my blog will seem kinda dead.. But seriously as we all know there's just not enough time to blog more than twice a week.

As usual, i was reading my weekly dose of manga on friday and taking more screenshots here and there. This week's pictures: starring, from Codebreaker, an adorable dog named 'Puppy' plus some random guy.

Yeap so the above pictures are from codebreaker, this not very well known manga which takes on a cliche plot. Rather slow moving but i'm going to continue reading it. Because i cant find anything else more interesting. I've had enough of shoujo series X__X meaningless.

I finished Lugwig kakumei and it got quite confusing near the end. Still, thankyou for the eyecandies XD Goodbye, my dearest Prince Lui.. for i will not see you again unless i find the time to reread this series. /T ^T/

Happy valentine's! X Bakuman

Finally, i get to use the computer for my weekly dose of stimulants. I mean, motivation for the coming school week. Survived another week of school and pe today wasnt that bad cos we didn't have to run.

Last week's issue of Bakuman amused me alot XD This is the 1st time i see someone proclaim his love for a no-brainer manga. And a little ecchi too but ah well, guys...

Sooooo we see that the guy on the right is not alone in his preference.

The 'real men' in heated discussion get interrupted by a ... fake man? Omg this picture is hilarious. Can imagine them bi shou hua jiaoing XDXD

Hunter x is still on hiatus, no news from togashi. *turns into a demon fangirl* RAAAAAAAWRHHHGGGG

But i have been entertaining myself with manga series from this mangaka, Kaori Yuki. I believe her most famous work is Angel Sanctuary which did not appeal to me despite the abundant bishies cos it has incest and the plot puts me off.. =(
Bishies omy *squeals* I was very smitten by her characters in Camelot garden, this one shot manga which is not well know. Her manga plots tend to be sad and revolve around darker stuff.. i won't exactly call them tragedies but definitely not happy issues. XD i don't know why i carry on typing about all these since no one knows what i'm talking about BUT i must mention this!!!! The way Prince Lui in Ludwig Kakumei was drawn really resembles those in Trinity blood! The slant of his eye.. the sexy mole below his eye XD

Ps: PIANO NO MORI WAS SHOWN ON OKTO! But i didn't know about it and thus didn't watch. Darn it. T__T