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Episode 1:

Episode 2:

Episode 3:

Episode 4:

Episode 5:

Episode 6:

Aaaaaand now I'm caught up! So glad I decided to make the effort to do this simulwatch ^w^ Thanks guys. Looking forward to reading all your thoughts.

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I had a turbulent weekend, but tonight I plan a massive catching up session :)

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Higashi_no_Kaze said:
I had a turbulent weekend, but tonight I plan a massive catching up session :)

I'm with you. I have to watch the other four tonight after I finish choir practice. (Volunteering :3)
I also have to finish Miyori no Mori...

Aside from yesterday being cinco de miyo and there being some kicking parties around here, scifi did a Treasure Island mini-series that eated part of my day. Treasure Island = Favorite all time story EVER.

May 7, 2012 2:55 AM

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Cool, no worries! I'll hold off on watching two eps today then, so you guys don't have too much to catch up on ^^

May 7, 2012 4:06 AM

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Don't hold back because of me, I'm prepared for intense sessions today and tomorrow ^^.

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episode 1

episode 2

episode 3

episode 4

episode 5

episode 6

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May 7, 2012 2:44 PM

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ep 3

Ep 4

ep 5

ep 6

ep 7

ep 8

And I'm now caught up! :3

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Argh, I'm sorry, I won't make it tonight, but I'll watch 4 tomorrow xD;; See you!

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Sandileina said:
Argh, I'm sorry, I won't make it tonight, but I'll watch 4 tomorrow xD;; See you!

I'm gonna do the same ^^.

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May 9, 2012 12:25 PM

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Episode 7:

Episode 8:

Episode 9:

Episode 10:

Aaaaand I met my 4-ep goal! 8D It's possible that I might not be able to watch anything tomorrow since it's my last exam in the late afternoon and I'm unsure what I'll be doing afterwards, so I'll watch episode 11 now so I'll only have three to catch up on if I do miss tomorrow, or only one to watch tomorrow if I can make it. :3

Episode 11:

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episode 7

episode 8

episode 9

episode 10

episode 11

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Episode 12:

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I'll catch up in the morning.
I did a major overhaul of my anime list (getting all the code to work right was fun and took FOREVER... even with major help from that graphics club I'm in) but I did it and it sparkles now. *-*
Then today I was over at my besties house which is always a guaranteed fun day for me. :3
I may try to finish a day or so early as we are leaving for a week-long trip to the family beach house next Thursday and the internet speed SUCKS. Ah well, I'll get to check how my layout does on slower internet lol.
Yeah, five people, three computer like devices, and one is a facebook junkie. Should be fun. I'm thinking I'm gonna have lotza time to catch up on my reading.

May 11, 2012 2:23 AM

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Waaah, your list is so pretty *v* Good job!

May 11, 2012 8:01 AM

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Thanks! I like your list too. It's a nice layout, not too busy, and the graphics are nice.
Mine is all thanks to Shishio's Custom Lists and Profiles (CSS + BBcode help) Club. They had codes I had looked for HOURS on bing and google on and they had some list up for grabs, one of which had a gif animation background in front of a solid. I mostly worked off that one from there and customized it.
I also finally broke down and got a decent replacement for Photoshop. (Well, it's actually two programs working together but...)

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ep 9

ep 10

ep 11

ep 12

ep 13

Think I'm stopping here for the night. I'll watch two more today and that club movie that I have less than an hour left to watch on.

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Episode 13:

Episode 14:

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I'm a bit behind, but I said before I really like to marathon this show and I'll probably catch up to about episode 18 tomorrow or on Monday, so don't worry about me.

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ep 14

ep15
If you've never tried it, star fruit is REALLY tasty!

I identified a lot with the older sister in this one. Some things happened, some people screwed up BIG time, my parents were little carpets and refused to do anything for me, and the long and short of it is that I had no third grade even though I did NOT skip a grade. It was a small one room school, I was the only one in my grade, and the administration were cheap SOBs, so I got first and second grade workbooks.
My parents were horrified but didn't pull me out that year and I went from there to one of the most highly accredidated schools in the state (private and small btw). Yeah, fourth grade was fun. My one saving grace was that I was a bookworm and read at a sixth grade level at least but that was due more to mom than school. My class mates saw me struggling so hard, taking home WAY more homework than everyone else and crying over a long-division test. (I hadn't ever seen it before. My teacher was a angel though and slipped it off my desk and gave me a short-division test instead. Only A in Math that year.) So they got the idea I was stupid. And it stuck.
I have a very high IQ. I did graduate on time with a good grade point average but by that time, I had stopped trying to do my best. I coasted along. That one year of me being behind everyone else had convinced everyone that I was dumb. And then I got to hear that I was dumb till I finally snapped senior year and told them all the hell off. I have a mental block TO THIS DAY when it comes to math.
It's taken years to get over that, my dad being a butt, my first boss being verbally abusive and a few other things. And I'm still not all there. The old saying, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me" is a LIE from the pits of hell! As it is, my kids are all gonna have at least one belt in a martial art so that I know they won't be bullied like I was. (After all, I'd rather not go to jail for punching a five year old.)
Sorry this was so long but it needed to be said.
*steps off soap box*

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Episode 15: Well, it's good you got that off your chest?

Episode 16:

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episode 12

episode 13

episode 14

episode 15

Gonna throw in another session tomorrow. I wanted to watch more today, but it's already very late because there were more currently airing shows to catch up with today than I anticipated.

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I know I mentioned this before but I'm trying to finish on Wendsday as we leave for South Carolina beach on Thursday morning. Keep going at your own paces though. I just calculated wrongly when I thought we would be through with the series by the time we left on our trip. My bad!

Ep 16

Ep 17

Ep 18

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Cool, no worries ^^ Good luck!

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May 14, 2012 1:33 PM

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Yeah, don't worry about us and enjoy your trip. How long are you staying by the way? If we plan on watching the sequels too (I know I am) we'd take our time with finishing until you're back.
Or am I the only one who plans on watching Season 2, the OVAs and the Movie after we watched season 1 ^^?

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Higashi_no_Kaze said:
Yeah, don't worry about us and enjoy your trip. How long are you staying by the way? If we plan on watching the sequels too (I know I am) we'd take our time with finishing until you're back.
Or am I the only one who plans on watching Season 2, the OVAs and the Movie after we watched season 1 ^^?

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Just a week. I'll be back late next Thursday and I can start sequels/oavs/movies then. While I'm gone, I'll be lucky to keep up with my favorite spring shows. I DO go to bed later than everyone else though so hopefully it won't be a problem and I won't have major catching up time.
Thanks for the well-wishes. I'll have a marathon tonight.

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Hehe, when I was in Paris over eastern I also managed to somehow keep up with the current shows by watching them in bed when the friend I was visiting was already sound asleep ^^.

Have fun with your marathon session :)

episode 17

Considering I have until next Thirsday at least I'll stop there for tonight.

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Ep 19

Ep 20

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I'm gonna watch the sequels/OVAs/film for sure lol~

Episode 19:

Since I have episode 20 pre-loaded, I'll watch that, then take it easy with the last 4 eps over the next few days. ^^

Episode 20:

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ep 21

Eps 22&23

Ep 24

Great series! I'm giving it a final score of an eight.

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episode 18

episode 19

episode 20

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episode 21

episode 22

episode 23

episode 24

I'd say we schedule the 1 hour long movie as soon as sisgood is back from vacation. It's supposed to be a sidestory of season 1 so I figured we should watch it before continuing on to season 2. Any objections?

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episode 22

episode 23

episode 24

I'd say we schedule the 1 hour long movie as soon as sisgood is back from vacation. It's supposed to be a sidestory of season 1 so I figured we should watch it before continuing on to season 2. Any objections?

No problems here! Good news for me is that streaming is better than I had hoped here. I've already managed to watch two of my thursday shows and a third is loading. Sooo... not bad!
I'll probably use any extra time I get on the computer to watch the club movies and maybe finish a few shows on my Watching list.

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Episode 21:

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Argh I'm sorry these last eps are taking me so long xD;; I'll be done by the time you guys decide to start on the sequels for sure~ (whenabouts where you guys thinking of starting them? :3) Hope you had a good trip sisgood!

Episode 22:

Episode 23:

May 24, 2012 5:38 PM

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I'd suggest Sunday for the movie for now and then we can see when to start season 2. What do you say?

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Seeing as Monday is a holiday, how about Sunday OR Monday? I may be busy one of those days and might need a little wiggle room.
I had a great trip but I am totally drained from the six plus hour car drive home!

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Yep, Sunday/Monday sounds good to me ^^ I tend to take at least two days to watch films anyway, haha, so if I start on Saturday I can finish either on Sunday (there's a local street party so idk how much time I'll have) or Monday. :3

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Sounds fine to me, I still have to finish Tears to Tiara and Yamato Season 2, plus I'm also about 10 episodes or more behind at weekly series. Having more work to do and investing more time into other hobbies lately (Magic the Gathering <3) is quite time consuming. Sunday/Monday it is then!

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May 27, 2012 9:59 PM

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Da Movie

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Episode 26:

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Will watch movie tomorrow, too many weekly shows to catch up tonight. Similar situation as Sandi, a lot of work to do lately etc... Tomorrow though!

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The film:

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Okay sorry, I'm just really busy and I can't even keep up with the recent shows I like. Are you two in a hurry regarding the second season? Otherwise I'd request some more time for the movie (can't say when I'll have time exactly) before we start season 2.

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May 29, 2012 9:16 PM

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That's ok. I'm still a little behind myself. In fact, I should probably be watching a movie right now but instead I'm loading Kuroshitsuji II lol.
No hurry. To make it easier on you when we DO start, how about reducing the number watched per day? We tend to marathon anyway so how about just seven a week?
Oh, and the movie is pretty short too. Just take your time though. :3

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@Higashi-san, no problem, no problem ^_____^ Sorry that things are so busy atm! Shall we tentatively say to start series 2 in about a week's time perhaps? I wish you luck~ Ganbatte ne~

The film continuation:

Oh crap, Yuuko got turned into a painting. O___O BETTER POWER UP THAT FLAIL, WATANUKI.

... :O I didn't expect that girl to be alive at all. I assumed it was that spirit's dead little sister or something. That's... really cool that the story didn't go down the usual route. And I feel really sorry for the spirit now. (I actually completely forgot that she'd made the request in the first place... That's what I get for watching a short film over several days... XD;;

... Oh! Hey Syaoran XD

Kanpai indeed.

I really liked that film, though it did take me a long time to finish; but that was definitely more due to busyness than because I didn't like it or found it boring. I actually thought that as a stand-alone story it was excellent. It's actually kind of a shame that the Tsubasa Chronicle crossover bit was included, because they removed it from the series so it felt a bit random here. But everything looked utterly gorgeous, and the music was nnnnnnn SO GOOD (including the credits song - OH wait *rewinds* ... oh. Hmm. It wasn't Midorikawa-san after all XD;; it really sounded a lot like him), and the atmosphere/creepiness was just as good if not better (albeit slightly different) than the series. I'm trying to think of something to criticise, but I'm struggling tbh!

srsly I have to download this ending song. Normally I'm not a fan of Suga Shikao, but really, this is great ^_______^

@sisgood: Yeah, the whole collector thing was outstandingly interesting! As for the bunny in the moon, I'm pretty sure that was part of Watanuki's dream (at least until the confrontation, when it was magic I assume), because he mentioned about how he saw 'this room' and 'that room' in his dream, and I think that was the same sequence in which he saw the rabbit in the moon :3

I don't know if I can handle the Tsubasa Chronicle anime though XD;; Either they change the plot from the manga, in which case I imagine it's rather silly with big plot holes, or they stick faithfully to the manga in which case it's a total clusterfuck that you need extensive knowledge of other CLAMPverses to properly understand. ^^;;

As for scoring the film... Well, I honestly kind of feel like I want to give it a 9, but if I think about it there are several minor elements that just add up to me not being able to give it a 9, such as the collectors randomly helping the old lady to look after the mansion (did they get their collections added to or are they just doing it because... they... got scared? Or what?), the random crossover at the end after the anime removed such elements on purpose, and a couple of veeeeeery minor padding/pacing issues down long corridors etc (not bad really, more my own personal preference; I just happened to feel them quite strongly ^^;;). I think I'll give it a very good 86%, and I look forward enormously to the next installment in the series :D

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The Movie

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No problem! Glad to hear you enjoyed it too ^-^ I'm happy to start on Friday 15th - I need to catch up on shows too (especially Sakamichi no Apollon, where I'm now 6 episodes behind OTL;;) and I don't have much time nowadays as I'd like to do that. What do you think, sisgood?

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Sorry I've been AWOL. I was gearing up for a massive yard sale of my Granny's ceramics and @_@ was that a lot of hard work!
Did we start watching the second season last night?

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Oh no, I'm in a bit of a slump at the moment and I'm behind 2-3 episodes on most weekly shows. Everything but pressure to start from me ^^.

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