- Song Of The Day - "I always hide my fears even when asleep
But once I feel afraid, I get up right away
Inside the train that went on
I cried a bit
The light from the red sunset entered the building
I hold back my tears
As the following morning comes
One can feel lost at times too, right?"
- Tokyo, YUI
- How I Got Started On Anime - "It was so sudden. There's always something wonderful happening everyday."
After watching Pokémon and other animated shows all of my childhood I pretty much abandoned the medium altogether pretty early on because of my family's taste in TV and movies. At the age of ten my favourite movie was Good Will Hunting and I gave in to the misconception that anime is childish.
In the summer of 2013, I visited my family in Texas. My cousin, who I'm close to, introduced me to her best friend. I hit it off really well with him and the three of us began watching Ouran Host Club, which I now consider my 'first' anime. To keep in contact with them, I took up watching anime with them via Skype calls, starting with Shingeki no Kyojin and EVA. Amazed by both the depth in artwork and storytelling of these two titles, I decided to watch one on my own: Clannad.
Some tears later, here I am now: hopelessly captured by the many colours and stories of anime.
- Regarding Friend Requests - "People meeting other people is a wonderful miracle - treasure that moment."
Comment on my profile if you want to discuss any show or anything really! I don't accept random friend requests, but if we've talked before or have some mutual friends then I might. I don't bite. If you're shy or want to talk about something private, just PM me.
- About Me - "I don't want to say: I was happy at that time.
I would say: I was happy at that time too, just like I am now."
☆ I share a birthday with Kurisu Makise. ☆I'm a university student studying computer science and biology. ☆My personality type is INFP ☆I used to be big FPS player, but really all that I still play on console are sports games. ☆I used to be a moderator on the EA UK FIFA Forum, but it is a rarity I dust off my console. ☆My favourite games are FIFA, Overwatch, League of Legends, Halo, Pokémon, and SSBM. ☆I play soccer regularly and my favourite team is Manchester United. ☆I also used to run XC and play basketball competitively in HS. My favourite team is the Dallas Mavericks. ☆I listen to just about anything except for metal/screamo and, as well as Japanese/Korean music. ☆I love Taylor Swift and oldies (80's and 90's pop/rock). ☆I love movies, but, lately, I don't watch as many as I feel like the quality is going downhill (Letterboxd). ☆Favourites include Good Will Hunting, 50/50, Pretty Woman, The Departed, Four Weddings and a Funeral. ☆My taste in TV is greatly influenced by my parents: Three's Company, House, Friends, and Grey's Anatomy. ☆I read far too fast and I burn through books at an unsustainable rate financially. ☆My favourite books include: The Art of Racing in the Rain, Kite Runner, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, The Name of the Wind, An Abundance of Katherines, Lioness Quartet, Millenium Trilogy, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Hamlet, The Perks of Being A Wallflower, The Alchemist, Pride and Prejudice, and The Great Gatsby. ☆I love to draw and paint. I failed art in grade three and was forced to stay after-school to trace lines and do colouring pages to work on my fine motor skills. It still is kind of a funny and embarrassing story. ☆Here's an album of some of my better recent drawings.
A birthday gift from Chieri. <3
- My Rating Scale - “The world appears wonderful in the eyes of wonderful people.”
9+: Exceptional 8: Very good (this is very enjoyable and may include some favourites) 7: Good (has some standout characteristics, even if it doesn't reach higher) 6: Above average (has faults in it that hold it back from being good, for example writing or pacing) 5: Average (meets expectations for watching, i.e. very standard show) 4: Below average (bad watchable - may have *head in hands* inducing qualities and lead to blindness) 3: Bad (results in adverse feelings and would not recommend to anyone, I may have even dropped the show) 2: Very bad (even worse) 1: No words needed (the worst)
The way it played out like a picture book with a prince charming-esque story, all while being draped in heavy symbolism, made it both elegant and intense at the same time and managed to tug at both strings rather nicely. It never felt too over the top and managed to convey its themes in a coherent manner, albeit it was a bit heavy-handed, everything else managed to be meaningful from the characters to the beautiful animation and OST. Utena herself is also bae/10. '
Yeah it's a shame. I find it strange though considering how popular the show is/was.
I'm very surprised at how quickly I'm burning through my rewatch. Although I'm getting the my least favourite part of the show now from the first time I watched it. Although I remember the last 8 or so episodes being really good so I've got that to look forward to. Hachi is still a stupid fuck, I was starting to empathise with her a bit more this time but that's gone out of the window now.
The last one in particular was nice. I've always liked Alice, she reminds me a bit of Ai from Amagami but cuter! I'm also starting to like Athena more, though my favourite so far is probably Akira.
The episode about the past of the three Water Fairies in Animation is probably one of my favourites so far!
Utena is such a tough one because I generally really enjoyed the story and the themes (especially the fairy tail motif) and I loved the ending a lot but I do feel like the repetition was a bit much and it was time that could've been used more wisely. Definitely felt like they put all their chips in on the ending, which was great, but they could've spread that out a bit more.
Still a really fun series that I really enjoyed and I'm super hyped for the movie :) Also that OST is top tier!
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The way it played out like a picture book with a prince charming-esque story, all while being draped in heavy symbolism, made it both elegant and intense at the same time and managed to tug at both strings rather nicely. It never felt too over the top and managed to convey its themes in a coherent manner, albeit it was a bit heavy-handed, everything else managed to be meaningful from the characters to the beautiful animation and OST. Utena herself is also bae/10. '
> bets on how long u keep this pic
Longer than you, smelly.
I'm very surprised at how quickly I'm burning through my rewatch. Although I'm getting the my least favourite part of the show now from the first time I watched it. Although I remember the last 8 or so episodes being really good so I've got that to look forward to. Hachi is still a stupid fuck, I was starting to empathise with her a bit more this time but that's gone out of the window now.
The episode about the past of the three Water Fairies in Animation is probably one of my favourites so far!
Still a really fun series that I really enjoyed and I'm super hyped for the movie :) Also that OST is top tier!
The concert was awesome, though I regret not having/bringing something to muffle the sound a bit (it was too loud, lol). Anything new on your end?
I'm 10 episodes in so I've already seen the major event presuming we're thinking of the same thing.
Ah worst Aria girl, fair enough.
Ranking anime is serious business, you need to be more cutthroat than that.
East Midlands scum.
Yeah, it's their first album. The 2nd one has all their biggest tunes though.
I'm enjoying it so far but it will take me a while to get through. Can't blame anyone for having Chihaya as their favourite character.