Hunter X resuming on 4th jan!

Gyapo~! Did you see that? NEW HUNTER X HUNTER CHAPTERS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE 4TH JAN SHONEN JUMP ISSUE!!!!!!!!! I hope it lasts though X_X
The news came out on 11 nov on animenews and i've been dying to share this great news with all of you XD

Just a few more notes before mum chases me off the comp.
We can look forward to Gintama movie 2010, Gintama: Shinyaku Benizakura-Hen, sometime next year. Finally after a few 'scams' it has been confirmed =D Same goes for Trigun, Gundam oo and Suzumiya Haruhi. Next year is an anime-movie year whee

Cowboy Bebop live action is coming out next year too XD and it's starring Keanu Reeves as Spike. Wow. I'm finding it hard to imagine Spike as anyone else other than the anime version haha. Didn't watch the Dragonball Evolution movie which starred Justin Chatwin and Chow Yun Fat but i'm definitely going to watch the Cowboy Bebop one.. Hoping desperately that it will not let us fans down. At least it's comforting to know that the original Cowboy Bebop producers will be involved in producing the live action movie so that should prevent excessive insanity.

Superior Manga by Ichtys

I started reading this manga by Ichtys early this year and enjoyed it quite alot but the updates were little and irregular so i kinda forgot about it till i spotted the recent update on onemanga.

'Superior' is the name of the manga btw, not just talking about high quality manga (what do you consider high quality manga anyway..)

Superior speaks about this world where humans and monsters are at war to exterminate each other. The male protagonist, Exa aka the Hero, strongly believes in ending the war without killing monsters and goes about confronting monsters who harm humans by defeating them without taking their lives. However, he has vowed to kill the Demon Queen because of the terrible crimes she has committed.

The female protagonist is the Demon Queen, Sheila, who is immensly powerful and kill human beings mercilessly as the leader of the monsters. With the intention of killing the Hero when she has the opportunity, Sheila joins the Hero on his mission to kill the Demon Queen without revealing her identity.

They, in the later chapters, of course, fall in love. Lalala XD

So all the emoing, suspicion and fear come in when Exa suspects Sheila of being the Demon Queen due to her being too powerful for a normal monster and Sheila on the other hand struggles with the pressure to exterminate humans and unwillingness to kill Exa or go against his principle of no-killing. There is also the fear of betrayal on both sides *enter emo stuff*

What i like about Superior is the beautiful and pleasing characters and the unbelievably funny scenes at certain parts which is very refreshing. The plot is rather cliche ie spy falls in love with enemy and betrayal stuff but these actually make it easier for the readers to relate to the characters. Though the drawings arent always clear and each chapter drags up to over 40 pages, the bishies and random scenes of comic relief egg me on.

...................................... crows: ark aaaark aaaarrrrrk....

Eh ok this isn't a good example of the hilarious scenes i've been talking about. But you get my point =D Even the characters and sidekicks are well crafted to add depth to the plot and are not totally useless. For example in Bleach i get the feeling that some of the vice captains and baddies are added in just for the sake of being there to be fought or laughed at.

No news of a Superior anime production in the near future which i'm not surprised cos this manga isn't well known. The translation project for Superior has also been dropped and picked up (due to the terribly long chapters?) I'm really thankful to all translators and people involved in the uploading process for all manga series because alot of work has to be put in to scan, align and clean the pages and of course, translate the content to proper english. Paiseh if i missed out anything hehe
So when you are in the mood for dragons, demons, heroes and swords, try reading Superior and i'm sure either the bishies or humour will win you over

Okay this took me an hour and i'm going back to reading bio now. =D Exams are ending whoo can't wait =DD

Gintama

Today's topic is on CHANGE.. or the desperate need for change

There was a cockroach in my room

Long time no see! I haven't been neglecting the computer due to studies.. just lazy to blog haha. Oh dear that's not a good sign.

Anyway, the following parargraphs are not reviews but personal thoughts and expectations regarding the new series
I feel really out of touch with the new season of anime, which seems promising XD finally season 2 of Darker Than Black, titled Darker than Black: Ryusei no gemini, came out early october. Whoo~ though the 1st episode left me stunned to see April's death. This shows that the 2nd season will not involve much of M16 syndicate. Sure enough, the charming magician August died in the 2nd episode =( There goes a bishie. Graphics are up to standard, as expected of a Bones production (my 2nd favourite animation studio after Madhouse!) Seeing Hei so unkempt with empty eyes makes my heart ache and seriously i can't recall the details from season 1 so i plan to rewatch the series after As

Kobato anime came out too O_o i didn't even know about its adaptation by madhouse. But again, i was never well informed regarding manga adaptations into anime. Might watch Kobato given that it's by CLAMP. But it's plot isn't the kind that i like.. shoujo josei-ish.
No fighting=boring
Next up is Fairy Tail which holds an uncanny ressemblance to One Piece and Rave. I have not watched the anime nor read the manga but looking the opening, i think the plot direction is going to be something similar to Rave. Glomps the Musica look alike XD

Zan Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei is hilarious and insightful as usual. For example, part of the episode i watched recently discussed the over simplified and altered version of Schrodinger's Cat Experiment where you put a box over a sick cat. This means that there are 2 co-existing but opposing possibilities of the cat remaining alive or dead to people outside the box until the box is opened. And the insanity starts when this logic is applied to daily life. Eg the Schrodinger's forehead box for people with receeding hairline so that they can choose to believe that they still have a head full of hair. Also, we have the Schrodinger's wife/husband box for people who keep divorcing so that there is the possibility of marrying an ideal other half.
I guess it'll only work for optimistic people.

I'm still waiting for deadman wonderland anime and hunter x update.. no idea when it will out, but someday.. in the future..

The last official day of school

was spent taking photos of plants and not humans haha. Oh well. Here are a few

More and clearer pictures on fb =D

So not the drama

Dreams are a reflection of what's going on in your life

Two days ago i dreamt about having a math class in the computer lab with those old bulky computers. My math tutor's face was the only human face i remembered from the dream.
Yesterday i dreamt that my sec4 tuition teacher who tutored me in math and physics turned up at my house again to tutor me in math.

Reality 1. I'm so doomed for math though half the cohort scored A.
2.I have something against my current math tutor because he insulted me last year.
3. Being the saikang CIP rep, i fought against time to collate the entire class CIP record using the computer. Sent the email to my teacher at 6.30am before i left for school.
3.I saw a guy who looks alot like my tuition teacher alight from a bus yesterday while waiting for 156.

Darnit, my life is soooooo happening -.-

UVERworld-- thoughts on Koishikute

Before i get caught up with school work and exams again, let me officially proclaim my love for........*drumroll*........... UVERworld =D
UVERworld is a Japanese rock band with 5 members: Takuya as the lead singer, Katsuya (band leader) and Akira on the guitar, Nobuto on bass and Shintarou on drums

My 1st contact with UVERworld music was around 4 years ago, D-tecnolife-- Bleach's 2nd opening and I found Takuya's voice extremely hard to ignore. I have never really fallen in love with anyone's voice before, not even for David Tao but yep Takuya's voice did the trick. Takuya's voice has a certain smoothness to it that can melt any girl (well, almost every girl) and imo, he sounds really sincere and brings out the emotions of the songs, especially the slow ones. (even though sometimes his 哭腔 startles me alittle) It helps that Takuya composes both the melody and lyrics for the band. Infact it's this amazing talent that attracted me. I mean there's a reason why i don't blog about Chemistry (another jap pop group) but about UVERworld and that is because i'm smitten with Takuya and his voice and the beautiful songs he has composed.

Ok as i said that was a few years ago but the reason why i'm blogging about this only now is because of my reignited passion for the band. I chanced upon a song from the Proglution album a few weeks ago which is considered really late cos the album was released in sept last year ._.

恋いしくて , Koishikute, which means 'I love you'. The melody and later on the lyrics got me marvelling at how talented people can be.. and how i can never reach that level haha.
Will not be posting the full lyrics translation here but just a small part from the bridge which i found especially appealing:

'I have given you too much water such that you wilted; I protected you so much that I had deprived you of sunlight.

I have no idea why, but I miss you

I miss you

Honey that is too sweet, is being hated because of its sweetness.

When the perfect balance is broken and starts to crumble, I became scared.

When I understood what was important,

I let go of love.'

Translation: EveSpecial thanks: narutocool & RidleyZOMG!UVERworld

Taken from Coffee Break

Eh not that i have any past experiences to relate to but i've always been intrigued but the idea of overprotection in a relationship and that being the cause of a break up. And the sense of insecurity in a relationship. Ok.. i wonder if 'intrigued' is the word to use here..
So there i was, gaping at the translation and listening to the song in loops. What a beautiful song =)

Let me stress again, UVERworld is a rock band so slow songs arent that common though the slow rock songs are really worth listening to, eg Kimi no suki na uta and eh.. many more lah. The more commonly heard rock songs from UVERworld are each special in their own ways with inspiring lyrics and catchy melodies amidst the rapping =D Here, i find the drummer- Shintarou really talented too haha
So once again, i really like UVERworld and thanks for the great songs which accompanied me through prelims and maybe A levels too =D

http://andrepratama.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/uverworld.jpg
Bugright is my favourite UVERworld album!