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Toshiune no Hito Manga

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:59:24 -0700

Wow, its been a while since I blogged anything! Anyway, I just started reading this manga called Toshiune no Hito the other day. Its a romantic comedy series about a college guy who meets a mysterious older woman who has recently enrolled at his school. It starts out as mostly fanservice, but as the series progresses the love story between the two main characters develops quite a bit. Speaking of fanservice, though, this one really pushes the boundary of hentai, with lots of nudity and sex scenes. No naughty bits, but just about everything else. The female lead is also at first glance one of those "I'm 25 years old, but I look like a middleschooler" lolis, but somehow the artist actually manages to make her look like a small, skinny woman rather than a 13 year old girl once the clothes come off.

Rozen Maiden Revisited

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:55:57 -0800

I seem to be on a roll, of re-watching anime I have already seen! Last night, I finished re-watching the first season of Rozen Maiden. Its been a while since I first watched it, and I had forgotten a few things from the story, but overall it holds up well to repeate viewing. The development of the relationship betwen Jun and Shinku is great, and Suiginto remains one of the best "antagonists" (I hesitate to call her a villian, despite her actions in the show) I have ever seen.

Please Teacher... Again

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:50:00 -0800

I just finished rewatching Please Teacher! last night (probably my 4-5 viewing of this series). This remains one of my favorites, becuase underneath the silly scifi situations and personal circumstances, I find the development of the releationship between Kei and Mizuho one of the most real such in anime.

For all those dub-haters out there, I also did some flipping back and forth between the Japanese and English soundtracks, and I think I actually like the English VA over the original Japanese. :-P