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it was your birthday yesterday? Belated Happy Birthday :D

btw, I dropped by to say in advance that my posts for Kimi to Boku. 2 and ZETMAN will be later than usual since I'm already back to school (x_x) and my school has blocked torrent downloads (T^T). Hopefully my dorm's internet will be fix soon or else i'll get to post everything by Friday onward. (>A<)

oh, and I saw that you're already working on the summer sched.I haven't decided on all the shows I'll watch but I'm sure it won't be as many as this season. I'll be waiting on your preview(:

~and glad you started watching Kuroko as well :D

Oh okay, I still wouldn't consider Hyouka to be pretentious based upon that though. Would that mean just because a show has a cast of intelligent characters trying to uncover life's mysteries it's pretentious? Going by that logic, Persona 4 and Scooby Doo are just filled with pretentious hipster bullshit. Jokes aside, if a show clearly sets itself up towards something (ie. philosophical tone right from the get go) then it generally deserves the right to tackle these heavy themes. Now if 95% of a show is like fanservice and ecchi crap with the last 5% being a philosophical discussion (ie. Nisemonogatari) then that's pretentious in my mind.

Which brings me to Inu x Boku SS. I do admit I was a bit harsh with my assessment of it in my review. Even though I gave the show a 5/10, that's an average score in my mind. But since a lot of people on MAL seem to feel anything below a 7 is "bad", I had to harshen my tone to justify my score. But yes, I know Inu x Boku isn't on the same level as Natsume nor does it try to be. I just made the comparison to make the point that Inu x Boku didn't use the supernatural aspect very much to enhance its characters. I mean they could shape shift, but this just seemed like another minor quirk.

Most of the characters just had a single quirk which was repeated ad infinitum, and this got old quickly. Karuta, Watanuki and Mr. FABULOUS did have a bit more depth, but it was nothing significant as they reverted back to their quirks whenever the plot wasn't making them "develop". I didn't really focus on them in my review since it was already getting quite long. As for Ririchiyo, I didn't mind the attention given to her interpersonal issue, but rather the timing of it in each episode. In some of the earlier episodes, the tone was on light-hearted fun, then within the last minute or two in the episode, Ririchiyo gets all depressed. The constant wavering back and forth with her kind of dragged on a bit. I would agree that the final episode was the show's strongest. And had the rest of the show kept to that quality, it would have changed my opinion. If the show was just a shoujo-ish comedy then it would have been much better. But it had to throw in all these other aspects to please as many fans as possible.

I may sound like I really dislike Inu x Boku, but I actually quite enjoyed it as well. I'm glad you brought these things up as I always like having discussions. Plus, if you enjoyed something and feel it's good, then you should try and argue for it. Though I do have my guilty pleasures as well (ie. Smile Precure) that I know aren't that great, but still love to death.

Very well. Looking forward towards what you think, I suppose.

Anyways thanks for the accept. Your username caught my attention, I have a feeling I've seen it before. Youtube perhaps? Your list also happen to catch my attention, it seems we have some areas of agreement/disagreement, your views are fairly interesting. Having Gundam AGE is a plus, glad to see you're enjoying it(I consider 6 enjoying it to an extent). While I'm here how are feeling about AKB0048 so far? I'm looking forward in checking out other entries of Spring 2012, perhaps the best season I've seen so far.

Ah okay, not sure if I'll do it either since my review will likely just be filled with rage (even though said rage is justifiable in the case of BRS).

Oh god, I feel sorry that you actually made yourself watch that. I saw the infamous reaction video to it on youtube and that was plenty for me. As worrisome as it is, somehow things in Mirai Nikki make more sense now that I know the same guy behind Boku no Pico's script was behind it. Now the director of Pico is what scares me since he's also worked on a number of kid's shows...

I recommended you a few titles (okay, more like quite a few) that I thought you might like based on your tastes below

Alternatively, if you want to find more stuff to watch that is suited to your tastes, you can try this site: http://animecf.com/. Just type in your MAL username and it will recommend titles based on your MAL scores.

Hey man, how's AKB0048 so far? Seeing as you're the only person that I know who is watching it right now, I was wondering if it was any good. The premise seemed interesting to me, but I was a bit concerned with the execution and the fact that it could easily just become an idolmaster clone.

Also, ufotable and urobuchi have a twisted sense of humour with Fate/Zero ep.19 being on mother's day.

Hello. :D

Hmm, that's quite an interesting article that you've written about UN-GO. I think doing a bit of off-topic analysis (be it on a character or theme) is a great way to add variety to your blog. I find that episode posts almost require one to adopt a more technical viewpoint while writing since the show is still airing. That's why I figured throwing in an analysis or two breaks that pace and gives people another reason to check the blog out.

As for UN-GO's movie, I felt it did a better job at accomplishing what it set out to do than the main series. Due to the film's short run-time, characterization felt tighter as did the main themes. I was always a bit iffy with Shinjuurou's motivations in the series and the movie solidified them quite nicely. The political side of the show was always something that interested me, yet I felt as though it wasn't executed as well as it could've been. Likely this was due to the sub-par mystery element bringing that section of the show down. I do agree that the main point of UN-GO isn't the detective aspect but uncovering different aspects of a post-war Japan. I'll probably leave a more in depth reply about my thoughts on UN-GO on your blog post to get some discussion started.

And finally, I couldn't help but notice that you're now competing in this month's review contest! I was getting worried that I would be the only one this month. I still need to get my review completed though. Trying to de-construct a deconstruction is difficult though...

I really hate myself for not watching it sooner.
The first few episodes until episode9 (where I am now) were really great. I like the light comedy and the very moving scenes every episode. I actually thought before that it's boring and I won't get pass the first few episodes. Guess I was stand corrected. I'll do my best to finish until S4 before I go back to school :D