Sure if you like over designed nonsense, the MC has feathers in his hair and when you upgrade armor it gradually shows with more belts and shit.
I can finish ME-ME3 in about 50 hours and I know what to do so it'll be short, Xenoblade is a new experience. Also lol @ using Nurutu games as a substitute for JRPGs.
PS: Whatever's lurking under that spoiler tag is broken. All your other gifs too - somewhere not too keen on hotlinking, perhaps? Since the spoiler is relating to My-Otome I'm guessing it's got to be breasts, or Nina being molested by the tentacle monster, or Nina climaxing after being poked in the side, or some semi-lesbian clinch... YOU DISGUST ME!
PS2: I already have Seikotai downloaded, though not the 'diggers version. You know me too well...
PS3: Is your "About" profile information gone or am I just not seeing it for whatever reason? In Chrome there's a broken image link, while in Firefox there's nothing there at all.
I didn't link the meaning of that idiom to be witty; no, it was to make it abundantly clear that by "small things" I was not making any reference to your genitalia, in which I have absolutely no interest. See, even after all of the outrageously arseholish behaviour of yours that I have to put up with, I still consider your feelings. I am a true gent.
Congratulations, I think, on your purchase of a Wii. The good thing for me is that while I said I have no qualms about lending games, I'm going to say quite plainly that I also have no qualms about going back on my word. Hah!
/not a gent really
In any case, you're getting nothing until you ask properly, like the bitchwhore you are. Nor until I buy an envelope, for that matter. But seeing as you did lend me your somewhat difficult-to-obtain copy of one of the best games ever (spunk notwithstanding) I can't very well refuse to lend you Xenoblade should you actually request it. And, fyi, a request is not "send me game herp derp".
Er, yeah, I was talking about the teacher character from the Fuuga manga in my last message. She's appealing in much the same way as Chiiko in the sense that she's ballsy and blunt and doesn't give a flying fuck what anyone thinks--but thankfully lacks Chiiko's chavvy dress sense. Chiiko isn't a freeloading ponce, though, so that evens things out.
I'm still getting dat panda when clicking exhentai links. I decided against following your instructions on how to access the site last time on the basis that I probably don't want the kind of filth you "get off on" in my browsing history. Or, indeed, even lay eyes on it. I wish to retain what little innocence I have left...
The idea is to read NORMAL reviews before watching. Yours tend to be a blow-by-blow account of the plot and everything the characters do, say, or think. It's cute 'cos I can feel your enthusiasm coursing through the words that effortlessly spill from your over-excitable brain, through your fingers, onto your screen, and into cyberspace, and it makes for good reading after the fact, but I like to experience as much of a show as I can for myself. Ya get me?
Complaining about fanservice in Dusk Maiden? You do have a penis and two testes, yes? If not, I wish you'd have told me earlier; we could've resolved our many differences through angry sex instead of delete sprees and ignoring one another.
It's not like fanservice is anything new--what did Gainax do after WoH bombed? Gunbuster, with it's wiggly jiggly teenage girl lead--but it does seem to be more pervasive and in-yer-face these days. What can you do? The otaku want fanservice, and the otaku get what the otaku want. Lucky for me I don't mind boobs all over the shop; the more and the bouncier the better, says I!
I can't remember the last series I watched with a genuinely riveting plot, so recently I've gravitated towards good otaku-orientated character-focused shows like Bakemono, Denpa Onna, and Oreimo. It just so happens that those series have their fair share of service, and I feel it would be churlish of me to voice complaints about it...
If anything, I find myself consistently impressed at how anime creators are finding ever-more creative and blatant ways of shoehorning fanservice into a scene, whether it belongs there or not.
My-Otome is decent. As of the half-way point there's not been much plot to speak of, just some hints dropped by the little cunt with a shit-eating grin, but the main trio of girls are fun to spend time with (especially the one who apparently has an orgasm when touched). The romantic subplot featuring some guy and one of the students was well handed, too, I thought (love conquering all FTW!).
Not so sure about the developing love triangle between Simpleton, Orgasm Girl, and Tate Mk.2 (who's like twice their age and Orgasm Girl's adoptive father FFS). Speaking of Tate Mk.2, I've still not worked out what it is he actually does, making teenage crave his man sausage aside. To the Wikimobile!
Also, you ramble to me about a ton of shit I don't know, remember, or care about, so you will bloody well read my Otome thoughts and you will like it.
According to the ex-Beez rep, CG is likely to be rescued - probably by Kaze, who own the European rights and have released it on Blu-ray in France and Germany. So I'm thinking I may as well hold out and see what happens. Not like I really give a toss about the show, but if I'm going to get it I may as well wait for a version that'll allow me to appreciate the shininess a little bit more... assuming I still care by then. I know you desperately wanted my thoughts because what I say matters, but even the fanservice isn't tempting enough (not now that I have dem Kallen gifs, anyway, so thanks for that).
All right, I'm flagging badly here. Gonna rush through the rest.
- Not buying any Van Damme. I don't like Van Damme and his cheesy slo-mo fights, nor to I feel tingles when I hear a little girl saying penis, like you do. Seagal's quick, brutal beatdowns are more my thing, fyi.
May have linked that before, but I DON'T CARE. It's good enough to put on every one of my messages.
- Did you seriously suggest that I buy Naruto movies? Just 'cos they're on Blu-ray doesn't mean I'm going blow my load over terrible anime. You can't polish a turd, 'kay?
- I'd be a tad concerned if my PC kept deciding to stop working, even for a brief period. If I were you I'd get that 160gb PS3 in, stat! Btw, I didn't mention the Wii browser because, well, I forgot about it. I seem to recall it being rather slow, like you. It's an Opera browser, though, so it does actually work reasonably well.
- Still haven't watched past ep.4 of Sankarea. I had wondered how the, er, overly affectionate Daddy was going to come back into the picture post-zombification, and I suppose you've just answered that question for me. Oh well. I look forward to lots and lots of tease and the lead not getting any undead head. Sigh!
Yep, when it comes to manga, I'm a cheapskate and damn proud of it! Seriously though, odds are I should be able to find much cheaper copies of Genkaku at Otakon in about 2 months. But I kinda wanna work on getting those last 4 volumes of Emma, I lucked out in getting the most expensive volumes for the cheapest (used stores, yay!)
Do libraries in the UK not have manga in them? It's pretty common in America now. Granted, they only keep stuff that people rent and might clear out some stuff here and there (they send it to Better World Books, so you have to buy from them), but they actually have a decent selection. I can usually expect to find any given new Viz and Kodansha manga there to try before I buy. And went I went to University in another state, their local library had just impressive a selection. Hell, even the University library had manga, most of it was in Japanese because you can take classes in Japanese, but I did get to read all of Adolf (this was before Vertical license rescued it btw) and man was it awesome!
Also, I should be getting a digital camera soon, my mom is getting one for her birthday and will give me her old one. It's nothing special, but hell, it's free for me. And it was still made in an era when digital cameras were the norm and not hilarious, so it's not embarrassingly old.
Having not played SIII's game, I enjoyed the manga quite a bit. Maybe I'll check out the game, I dunno, I finally decided to play Xenosaga II (why are all the voices different? Ok well like half of them, why?! And why did they change the characters to look like walking talking emotionless zombies? Why?), I had to look online to figure out wtf they were doing with the battle system since it was quite different from the first game (and to learn the useful info that Momo, who was useless in the first game, is now possibly the best character while Shion, who I used all the time, kinda sucks now), but I think I got the hang of it now. I've already got episode III ready to go. I got I & II at the same time cus they were only $3 a piece, had the manuals and everything. I really did like Xenosaga I though, I have no plans to ever touch the anime. X1 must've had like 9 hours of cutscenes, like that'd ever fit into a 12 ep anime. Still, if I don't like X2 as much (many don't, but I kinda didn't know that when I bought it for dirt cheap), but that's what the internet is for.
I highly doubt that I'll actually buy more Biomega, but if the library has it, I might check it out. Yes, it's mostly there to see a walking talking gun-toting bear, but maybe it was just so much better than Blame that I mistook it for actually good. Biomega's action is much easier to follow, as is the plot, even if the setting just isn't as cool. At the very least, I'd call Biomega a significant step up from Blame. Blame was a chore, Biomega was a nice distraction.
After reading the last few volumes of wolf guy I'm hardly interested in the finale; looking at what you typed about it doesn't really get me all that excited either. I'll try to will myself to complete it within the next couple weeks.
I just completed the second to last volume of Holyland last night and I'm going to finish the series up later tonight. I think you should start reading it. The main character is lonely/suicidal at the beginning so I know you'll like him. Plus the fighting is pretty bad ass.
I know exactly how you feel; I'm bored shitless. Manga/anime hasn't been doing it for me lately and as you can tell I don't really care about my 360 anymore. American TV is the only thing I really feel like watching these days outside of youtube videos. I've never seen The Sarah Conner Chronicles, but I'm pretty sure that show got canceled because it sucks. It's a pretty bad representation of American TV I think.
I have seen the Walking Dead. It's full of Character driven drama mixed with the occasional zambie smashing. It's a prime example of good TV. Maybe the best American show ever is "Breaking Bad" though. It's about a guy who gets cancer and decides to become a Meth cook in order to leave his family money when he dies. Shit hits the fan and he eventually begins to enjoy the rush of being in the drug game. It might not sound all that great, but its fucking sweet. Seriously, just force yourself to watch one episode. I doubt you'll regret it.
Yea I'm a little disappointed that Break Blade is sort of dead now. When it finishes three years from now I'll probably just re-read the whole thing...if I don't forget or die first.
Me? NOT a "good-for-nothing nobody"? I do nothing but watch TV and dick around on the internet all day every day aside from my bi-weekly therapy appointments. He still hasn't given me happy pills though. Instead he's decided to attach wires to my skull and watch my brainwaves as I play some jet ski video game with my mind. True story. It's called Neurofeedback and it's supposed to fix my shitty/damaged/nonexistent brainwaves. So far no dice, but it's apparently supposed to take a while so we'll see.
I didn't block you on 360. I just don't get on it that much.
I won't share Neon Genesis Evangelion thoughts because I haven't watched that much of it and I need to see more (probably won't happen because of apathy) before I go and type paragraphs.
My sister is paying for netbabes so it's free for me technically. Better than buying a TV and a bluray player.
That's it. Watch Breaking Bad before you type to me or I'll wait a long time before I reply. Yea I just threatened you. Whatcha gunna do about it?
EDIT: Or you can watch Dexter. alteredcourse knows what I'm talking about.
If you were already aware of said pornographic comic, I have to ask why you DIDN'T TELL ME ABOUT IT. That would have been of far more use to me than all the worthlessness you excrete onto my profile. Speaking of, I have dealt with the aforementioned worthlessness in a most brutally efficient manner. Now, not only will I not watch any of your videos, I will not even see them. Lucky for me I opened MAL on my laptop first, which has APB enabled for my profile, so when I switched on the desktop the first thing I did was enable APB for ALL of MAL. Sorted. It pains me, genuinely, that you wasted so much time and effort ;_;
Also, excuse ME for not keeping abreast (lol "breast") of what the internet community "as a whole" are fapping over. This is information I neither want nor need, so I do not covet such information, nor would I even know where to look for it. Is there an "internet community as a whole" message board I'm unaware of, with threads pertaining to everything the "internet community as a whole" is preoccupied with? DON'T KEEP SECRETS FROM ME, BITCH.
Mai, though, eh? I think the moment I fell in love was when she advised the lead's friend to have his sister assist him in his pursuit of self-pleasure. I did not, of course, expect this to actually occur and wasn't too thrilled that it did, but still. That Mai shamelessly freeloads, lounges around in her undies, has a ferocious temper, lets nothing faze her, and doesn't mewl like an untouched virgin every time she does the deed only adds to her supreme appeal. She's the kind of woman who'd drive you to the brink of insanity, but you'd put up with it for the fun and sexytime.
Your HEAVY sarcasm aside, isn't it better that I at least said something instead of nothing? And, hell, I listened to you and actually bought the book! I never listen to people!
Seriously, though, I had wondered about your long hiatuses from MAL. Your computer died again? If so, my condolences. Fucking computers...
On the topic of the Count of Monte Cristo, I'm roughly 200 pages in(yes, I'm a slow reader, and I haven't touched it for a while thanks to a lack of motivation). Needless to say it's been fantastic so far. Where I'm at: Faria's on death's door. Me thinks I'll be crying soon. I like him a lot. You're right about Dantes' characterization. His transformation from the naive, wide-eyed boy to the man that he will eventually become, has been a joy to read about.
I'm neither a liar nor a woman. Douchebag, asshole, faggot, etc. On the internet, I'm more used to being called one of those instead of a cunt, but hey, new experiences and all that. Fortunately, I'm finally getting back to you, so your direct attitude with me forced me into action. I guess I'm guilty of negligence, though, as you're not the only one I've yet to reply back to. You're not alone in that regard.
Moving on:
There wasn't much to the Passion of the Christ besides Jesus' beating. And, of course, all that controversy that surrounded the film. People went to see the film because of the controversy, alone. I think that was around the time Mel Gibson started going a little insane.
Would you think less of me if I were to tell you I've not experienced Battle Royale in any of its forms or adaptations?
Just one of those "I'll get around to it eventually" type things. I know all about it, and people have recommended the movie to me in the past.
Getting back to what you were saying, purists will always hate adaptations, no matter how well-executed they are.
Coincidentally enough, the trilogy of books(The Hunger Games) that I was reading before Monte Cristo has been derided as a rip-off of Battle Royale. Simply put, girl fights others to the death in various arenas in order to win money and food for her poor family.
If I didn't have a computer at the moment(yes, I sort of have a computer now, though it's not mine), I wouldn't even be able to check out your IMDB links. I tried loading them on the Wii's browser a few months ago, when that was all I had, but the piece of shit browser wouldn't let me!
Our ratings for Kurosawa's movies are pretty much the same, even if I'm saddened by your relatively low scoring of Throne of Blood. I thought it was a nice take on Shakespeare's Macbeth.
I've yet to see Ran.
And, yes, his movies range from absolute masterpiece to drawn out and boring. When you're a prominent director, however, that comes with the territory. And he did make so many. Kagemusha was his worst movie, IMO. That, or Dreams. By the way, if you're still watching old Japanese films(specially, Kurosawa's), I greatly recommend High and Low and Ikiru. Especially if you're burnt out on his samurai flicks.
No, I haven't watched Harakiri yet. It's been in my Hulu queue for months now. I've heard great things about it, though.
Due to my unmotivated self, my movie-watching has been at an all-time low. I've mostly been watching anime and avoiding all my comments, being the anti-social fuck that I am. That being said, I took a look at your IMDB lists, including your favorite Korean films(I'm very lacking in this area, besides the big revenge movies like Old Boy), and have added a few to my "list of movies that I will get around to one day, but probably never will."
Really impressive lists, by the way.
...oh, yeah. I have been watching some recent and current British TV shows, which I've been meaning to tell you.
Luther
Downton Abbey
Sherlock
All fantastic shows. You guys make some good TV!
Confessions looks like something that would be right up my alley. As you've no doubt noticed by now, I tend to gravitate toward revenge stories.
Who knows when I'll actually watch it, and I'm certainly not going to make any promises at the moment, lest you call me a lying cunt again!
See, that's the thing about Tom Cruise. People think he's insane because of the whole Scientology issue, but who the fuck cares? He's a brilliant actor. The Last Samurai was an excellent movie, even if it's been so long since I've watched it. His performance in Magnolia was also one of a kind.
Indeed. We need more anime with unique visuals. I tend to watch the boring school setting anime, even if they're a chore to get through. Don't ask why. Maybe I'm a masochist. At least I rate them accordingly, if they're boring and cliched that is. Which most of them are.
They actually made a Crime and Punishment manga? I had absolutely no idea. Interesting. Nowadays, there's a manga for everything, isn't there?
"Fret not over message responses: as you've no doubt discovered by now, I'm by no means fast myself. Increasingly averse to interaction and preferring to type everything in one go, I typically either paragraph people to death or ignore them for months. So, should your Wii compell you to ignore my messages, I won't shed too many tears. It's all good."
You clearly had a change of attitude, the "lying cunt" that I am.
...okay. I'll stop being an overly sensitive twit now.
So, what happened to your new computer?
Ha! I'm a fan of Claymore(the anime), as well. Despite the hatred for the last two episodes, I still enjoyed it. But, yes, the ending was rather...rushed. And I'm sure it completely destroyed the manga's original storyline. I doubt I'll ever get around to reading it.
Unlike myself, your friend makes the effort to reply back to you in a timely fashion, so I guess that's a plus.
As a fellow recluse(mostly) for a number of years, and living in this ass-backwards county(no free medical care over here in the U.S., and it's the year 2012), I can sympathize with your situation. I wouldn't be so arrogant as to say I understand what you're going through, as we both have our own individual issues, but, yeah, it's a shitty situation. I don't like talking about it too much, since I try to distract my mind from my bleak reality when I'm on the computer. However, coming from one fellow recluse to another - stay strong, hang in there, and stuff.
This is getting far too long, and I should stop now. Okay. Bye. I hope this suffices for now.
Christ Almighty. Wheelchair girl's tatas look as though they've been individually vacuum-packed. It's like a couple of water-filled balloons have been taped to her chest and are flapping about. The lesson here is that there IS such a thing as bad fanservice, though I guess you have to "appreciate" the, uh, effort that went into animating such a scene.
Also, your video and gif spam is making my page load at dial-up speeds and lag like a motherfucker. Don't make me hit that ABP button in the top right of my browser!
I'll get the Kurosawa Samurai Collection before considering those other films you linked to. New CC billing cycle starts in a few days, so if I'm to buy it then that'll be the prime time. Have trouble motivating myself to watch live action movies for some reason, though :-|
Downloading the first seven episodes of Mirai Nikki. Figured it's gonna take a while with so few seeders, and there's no need to burden myself with more episodes than I can watch in a month or so. MN appeals to me for much the same reasons as When They Cry: ostensibly cute girls going all yandere. I suspect the retarded plot twists won't bother me too much since MN strikes me as pure popcorn entertainment anyway. Will report my findings... sometime.
I've seen that Yuzuki doujin. Yuzuki like butt secks. Me like Yuzuki. Another MK doujin, from a different artist, popped up on Fakku yesterday. Judging by the cover, the art should be good.
As for those Kallen doujins, I swear her boobs weren't that big in the anime... but still, Yasui Riosuke is a godly artist and purveyor of quality filth.
Speaking of doujins, usually I can only get into smut in which I'm not familiar with the characters. I think it's because the things they do and dumb shit they say doesn't tally with the image of the characters I have in my mind. That said, I did "enjoy" the Hitagi one by Homunculus...
Found this series the other day and thought you might like it. Story-to-smut ratio is unusually high, but unlike many other series where that's the case, the smut is high quality. Good art, cute/sexy teacher, funny dialogue - what's not to like? Also back door action in at least one chapter, fyi.
Got through the first disc of My Otome. Initial impressions are not overwhelmingly positive. Lead character is a spunky simple-minded simpleton with not much boobage to speak of - a far cry from our wonderful Mai - and the supporting cast aren't all that interesting either. Also, the character and background designs are blaaaand.
But then my impression of Mai-Hime was much the same (except that had a busty, sexy lead character) until the shit started to hit the fan in the second half. Course, it pissed all that good will away with the ending, but nevertheless the show turned out a lot better than I thought it would after the opening episodes... so who knows.
And, no, I'm not reading your review until I've actually watched the series. That'd be dumb.
Still umm-ing and ahh-ing about whether or not to buy CG R2. Every morning after getting onto the 'net I mosey on over to PlanetAxel, hoping they've ended their free shipping promotion so I'm no longer tempted. BUT ON AND ON IT GOES. If they're still doing it come the new billing cycle then I may not be able to resist. If not, it was clearly never meant to be.
The music is pretty standard as far as Uematsu's concerned, I mean it is a bit of a throw back to the older Final Fantasy games but it doesn't really stand out when you're playing the game, but when you listen to it on youtube on whatever it's a lot better then. The Last Story overall was... disappointing, the story was nothing new, I've seen it all been done before and done better, music is great, character designs are nearly Nomuran as Nomura, belts and chains galore. It has a lot of nice touches like when you interact with things and such but yeah, I'm not playing the game for this things. Still haven't played Xenoblade, haven't got the time to put 80+ hours into a game.
Also you've always been a high-level anime watcher, now you're more... High quality anime watcher, it feels like yesterday when you were a Nurutu/Death Note scrub, time sure flies.
I got myself a PS3 a while ago too, I actually got it for Tales of Graces F but it's been delayed several times so now my brother uses it for CoD and FIFA, while I've been spending most of my vidya time playing PC games. My Xbox is dying I believe, it doesn't boot up properly and takes forever to load, I only use it for Netflix and DVDs now anyway, planning another ME>ME2>ME3 run in the future but that'll be a while from now.
Genkaku Picasso is on my "plan to buy when cheaper" list, maybe if the library has vol 1 next time I'm there, I'll rent it (they always seem to have vol 2 and 3 but not 1).
Actually, I have read A Drifting Life, I'll admit I have a tendency to not update my manga list as frequently/forget more often. I enjoyed it well enough, doubt I'd actually read it again though. I also remember going 'really?' at the ending. I read The Push Man too come to think of it, it could be kinda hit or miss.
Meh, I've seen the CG anime, first season anyway, did not like it. I forgot damn near everything that happened within days after finishing it, never went back when season 2 came out. It's weird, I remember it being easy to marathon, yet totally forgettable by the end of it, strange. I will admit that Maoh is better read in larger chunks though.
I plan to wait for vol 10 and 11 of Siii to come in, but I'll probably just finish it all in one go then (for the last 6 vols). I definitely understand what you mean with the action problems, I probably wouldn't call Aki Shimizu bad at action, but I wouldn't call her good either. You can generally tell who's winning at least and it's not so overly detailed that it becomes impossible to decipher, and usually it'll be obvious after the battle who won. But since it seems to be more dialogue than action anyway (not something I have a problem with), I don't really mind. Few manga will have as amazing an action scene as Banana Fish anyway (not that you'd know, you stubborn mule, missing out on some of the best action sequences possibly in ever). Still, having read a good portion of Blame! recently as well, Siii's action is far superior. Blame had a great setting, but the guy just could not draw a well flowing action scene to save his life for that series (I also read vol 1 of Biomega, he much improved to the point of average I'd say), but sadly, Blame was mostly action scenes, so the entire manga came off as messy as can be. Rather sucked all my enjoyment out of reading it, which is a shame because the setting was just so damn cool.
Your computer sounds like crap btw, any plans on getting a new one?
Well, guess what series I recently acquired? And for quite cheap too, about 26 GBP for it all including shipping? And none of them ex-library?
Suikoden III. I never played the game, but manga is damn addictive, that I can certainly say, I've already read 5 volumes, but my eyes need a break. Vols 10 and 11 are still on their way anyways, so it's not like I could finish it all tonight even if I wanted to.
It certainly is going at a punishing pace, but it seems like the story needs it, I can imagine being pissed off having battles and crap inbetween everything. But I also understand that the manga and the game give side characters different focus, once I'm done the manga, I'll debate if I think it's worth it to track down the game (which isn't very expensive)
Red Alert 3 arrived. I motion that we start tomorrow, if you want, as I'll be watching the other CL semi tonight (fucking Chelsea last night) and will most likely be too tired for strategic bollocks afterwards. If I can be arsed I'll have a quick go in the morning to see if I can make any sense of the gameplay/laugh at the live action FMV/perv over the sexeh woman.
I watched the first episode of Zetman. Well, some of it. I got bored half-way through and fast-fowarded to the point where the kid and the blonde woman are attacked by... something. Idk. It seems kind of unremarkable in just about every way, and so I'm leaving it for now. I swear, Katsura is a hopeless writer when it comes to anything other than romantic comedy, and he has go and spoil THOSE with all the unnecessary rape drama. And what's with the lead character, who looks about 12, needing the concepts of death and hope explained to him? What a dumbarse. From now on I'm going to refer to him as Aion.
Showing much, much more promise was the first episode of Dusk Maiden. I love how they showed the early part of the episode twice, first without Yuuko and then with. T'was clever. Also, Yuuko is in the running for Hottest Dead Girl of the Season (best titty grab scene ever), no mean feat when she's in competition with Rea. If the show remained a straight comedy it would be something I'd gladly continue watching, but I have higher hopes since there would appear to be hidden depths beneath the surface; Yuuko got awful melancholy when the subject turned to her death. I'll probably watch one or two more episodes then wait for Sentai's release. Unlike Funi, who have Sankarea, they seem able to get their licenses released in a timely fashion. It'd be awesome if they deemed it worth dubbing.
