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Anime Relations: Naruto, Ouran Koukou Host Club, Romeo x Juliet, Naruto: Shippuuden, Lovely★Complex, Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2, Soul Eater, Kuroshitsuji II, Durarara!!, Kimi ni Todoke 2nd Season

Yoo~~! I'ma do a countdown my all-time favorite anime songs! I rated these based on my own personal preference on the actual song (and... maybe a little anime bias, who knows?). I absolutely ADORE every song on this list; it was so hard having to put them in order, but I managed. But... I do kinda consider the top 3 to all be tied for the number one spot because I actually couldn't decide on an all-time favorite!
Enjoy~ :)

Anime Relations: Fullmetal Alchemist, Enzai, Lovely★Complex, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Starry☆Sky, Steins;Gate, No.6, Natsume Yuujinchou San, Natsume Yuujinchou Shi

Anime Relations: Cencoroll

Anime Relations: Cardcaptor Sakura, Mushishi, Aru Tabibito no Nikki, Demashitaa! Powerpuff Girls Z, Romeo x Juliet, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai, Lovely★Complex, Junjou Romantica, Soul Eater, Clannad: After Story, Kimi ni Todoke, Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.

It aint too much, I'll say that. But, I don't throw them out like crazy either.

You see... MAL ratings and I... we have a bit of a, uh, complicated relationship. With most things I rate, I usually end up over-rating them. Pretty much everything I've seen has an 8 or above, so I come across as someone who doesn't take rating things seriously like most critics do. I'm definitely not a critic (I've kind of got a bone to pick with most critics actually). I consider myself someone who picks out the good things from something and then focuses on those only. Hurrah optimism. So yeah, my scores tend to be a couple points higher than they should be (including the whole "enjoyment bias" that I pretty much consider it's own rating system). But I do focus on negatives too and I take those into consideration when I rate. It's just uhh... most of the time I get carried away with just how much I enjoyed something and I end up throwing out 9's and 10's when really the show probably deserved a 7 or something. That's just how I am: I like keeping things high and positive. But, you know... not "OMG NARUTO IS DA BEST. 100000 SCORE WOOO" stuff. Naruto's a 7 in my book. :P

But anyways, I made this to analyze what I have listed so far in my anime list as "masterpieces." Some aren't... but they have their reasons. I give out different types of 10's. To be honest, I can't really think of a true masterpiece off the top of my head. Have I even seen one? Hmm... I'll get back to you on that one.

Here are some of those "types of 10's" I give out:

• Favorites (They probably lacked in some departments, but HEY! I loved it too much to complain!!! <3 Notable examples: Lovely Complex, Soul Eater)
  
• Inner Fangirl (These probably kind of suck actually, but... I just can't help myself~ -insert kyaaa! moment here- Notable example: Junjou Romantica)
  
• Heart-Pounders (If a show manages to actually make me get on the edge of my seat, with my face-to-the-screen, heart pounding, and occasional audible reactions, then wooo that's impressive! Notable example: Higurashi no naku Koro ni Kai)
  
• Actual Masterpieces (These are probably in the Top 40 or completely unrecognized gems. Works of art! Notable examples: Clannad: AS, Mushishi, Aru Tabibito no Nikki)
  
• Moral Boosters (Hmm... if I rate this as a 10, that's one way of recommending it to people... It's an underrated show, but... maybe not 10 worthy. I just made it a 10 so that people could give it a shot! xP Notable Examples: PPGZ, Romeo x Juliet. pssst, it's 9-worthy, but it's pretty 10-worthy, too!)
  
• Pretty Frickin Awesome (aka, everything else. I love all my 10's, you know? There's something awesome about them all! Notable Examples: Kimi ni Todoke, Cardcaptor Sakura)

Most of my 10's end up overlapping into different types, but you get what I mean, right?

Just to give an idea about how my mind works when I give out a 10, here are my opinions on the last two 10's I gave out: Soul Eater and Ano Hana.

• Soul Eater: From the first episode I watched, I already knew I was going to love the show. I fell in love with the characters, the art, the style, the fights... I was loving everything about it! But... 3 big things kind of got in the way of this "perfect 10 rep" I was hoping for. 1) I think most could agree: the final 20 episodes kind of lacked. Probably because the entire arc was different from the manga's storyline completely, I heard? Dunno how to explain it... but everything felt different from episode 30 on... I honestly don't what it was exactly. 2) Even though I loved this show, for some reason I did NOT get hooked. When I say "hooked", I mean I pretty much just start marathoning it. I'm SO into it. The entire time I watched Soul Eater, I kept wondering why the hell I wasn't hooked to it. Everything about it was fantastic... but it still took me several weeks to finish it all. Dunno why. Maybe it was so amazingly awesome, that I couldn't comprehend it's awesomeness and get hooked to it...? Dunno. 3) Soul Eater would have just been PERFECT if there was just a teeny, tinyyy bit more... romance. Heh. ^^ There were indeed some awesome hints toward couples... but juuuust not enough. It was real close to being a satisfying amount though! Kudos to that! (PLZPLZPLZPLZZZZZZMANGAPLZPLZPLZPLZHAVESOMEROMANCEFOCUSPLZ)
  
• Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai: Just finished this beauty! First off, let me say this; when I first saw this anime on MAL, I knew right away: it's another "After Story". :P At some point or another, I was probably going to bawl my eyes out watching this, cause apparently that's what all the 10's for it meant. Sooo, I dunno why, but I started it earlier than I meant to (probably cause of the delicious 11 episode count). I watched the first episode, liked the atmosphere, made some predictions, got annoyed with the main girl, then put it on-hold for a couple weeks. I started it up again today... I don't know if it was episode 2 or 3 but I was definitely HOOKED by episode 4! (who wasn't hooked by that ep's ending!? xD) I somehow managed to keep dry eyes for the whole 11 episodes... but...
  
  at the end of episode 11, when the "I love you!!" chain started, I immediately felt tears rolling down my cheeks. Wasn't expecting that, but it was perfect.
  This was a beautiful show... I could go on as to why, but it's almost 5 in the morning and I'm all lazied out now. :|

Blogging mood over. ಠ_ಠ Shucks. I still had more stuff to say. Aint feeling it though. I wanna sleep. Hope you got my point? Did you even read all this crap? Thanks if you did. You win a free pet space-penguin and a coupon for a Blizzard at DQ. Share it with the penguin. Ciao.

Anime Relations: Fruits Basket, Death Note, Vampire Knight, Itazura na Kiss, Toradora!

Aww yeeeaahh~ more countdowns. :3 Here, I'ma list my top 10 favorite lovable losers. Please remember, this is my opinion and all hater comments will be removed. But, do feel free to tell me about your favorite losers! :D And by losers, I'm going by the following guidelines:

• Was the loser of a love triangle
  
• Lost a fight and died
  
• Everyone hates them

And hey, you might disagree with those guidelines, but the pop culture community might say otherwise. xP Either way, I love 'em and they're all winners in my book. :3 OH, and I couldn't find enough anime/manga losers, so I had to resort to movie and TV characters, too. Haha, so expect some non-animated losers here as well. :D HUZZAH, here we go~!!

Oh, expect spoilers, too.

Anime Relations: Fullmetal Alchemist, Death Note, Lovely★Complex, Junjou Romantica, Soul Eater, Starry☆Sky, Togainu no Chi, Sekaiichi Hatsukoi, Hybrid Child

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