- Song Of The Day - "Grasp the happiness and
Let's form a connection between us
We've finally broken through and found our way
Grasp the happiness and
You and I will push on forward
Those are (those are) a distant (dreams)
Fragments (but they're) precious fragments
Towards beyond the border... I'll DASH!!"
- START:DASH!!, μ's
- 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)
So, I've realized I just left this conversation open for a long time. Please forgive me for the long absence, I realized it's quite rude and left you hanging! :< My summer was much busier than I expected and I forgot about my own MAL & most of the wide-open internet until I started school and thought about our convos on the rewatch.
>Manga is great, but I mostly read shoujo and josei stuff, which isn't as appealing to guys.
I remember enjoying some shoujo anime which adapts some of that manga so I'm in the category of "...male viewers comfortable enough with their own masculinity to indulge in pure unadulterated teenage hand holding. Don't you judge me. Nice shoes, fuckers!" (https://youtu.be/x0L9zCqL77Y?t=48s) I miss his videos. I enjoyed Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun, Ao Haru Ride, Hal, etc. Not a whole lot shoujo and josei but some of those stories were fun to experience from what I recall plus there are a few I've seen like Natsume I want to tackle in the future. So, recommend me some, boi!
Never heard of any titles the group worked on though I'm not exactly a manga-enthusiast.
>Inuyusha OST artists & Songs
I'm guessing Inuyusha was a big influence when growing up lol? I haven't actually watched Inuyusha so I'm very out of the know. Looks this is a whole new world. Can't really say much about the singers because I don't know what they're saying LOL but the music is nice to listen to.
Ah after re-reading it seems like they were all involved in Inuyusha in some way or another, it was a big shounen back then so I can get it.
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Edit: After supper, going to add in reactions as I go on because the edit screen looks easier to type in than the initial screen. Fuck the MAL interface is worse than before, nevermind the edit interface isn't easier.
>Ayumi Hamasaki
Her voice is soothing and I didn't know she was the biggest singer! That's neat!
>Mai Kuraki
#2 eh? The song linked is quite upbeat in instrumental and tone.
>Kalafina
I've known them because of Madoka and Fate/zero. Didn't actually know they had slower sings though I've never ventured far.
>BoA
"boa is very talented. she's korean and her Japanese language is magnificent.."
what. Wow, that's pretty good.
> the brilliant green
Interesting, she's also has a chill voice.
>Do As Infinity
It must be really cool to see alot of these bands you fell in love with get involved with the Inuyusha property :3
>Every Little Thing
What's your favourite song from them or did you already link it?
>Utada Hikaru
Ahhh another big one :O it's too bad she ain't related to Inuyasha ;)
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>I think my music backlog is like 600 songs or so, especially as I download albums of artists I like over single songs. D:
I used to download single songs a lot when I was younger but found that downloading albums is better because I get a complete set lol. Though the amount of songs can be overwhelming haha.
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Aria:
>I can easily doubt everything about myself and I hate it
me_irl, not sure if you picked it up from my comments, but this is one of my detrimental flaws and my friend keeps hammering about how much I do. It's been changing a bit after some reflection and talks and the rewatch.
>She thinks people don't like her in Natural when she is asked to go the party, but everyone actually wants to get to know her and she's the one pushing them away (the smile you were talking about, episode 6 of Natural)
Funny that we just hit this yesterday... lol. At the time when watching, I was pushing people away at the time without giving them a fair chance so I was sort of the same way.
>Alice
I get it and can see how much it's impactful.
>I've been involved with working with kids all my life through school and sports
I'm curious, what type of work were you involved with? Like mentoring math and teaching hockey or something?
>the candles in the dark (Natural 9)
I remember nothing, looking forward to that ep soon.
>I actually was suggested Aria super early on, but I thought the premise sounded stupid so I didn't watch it. LOL. It took me two years to end up watching it around the end of 2014... and the rest is history.
I've didn't bother with anime premises anymore because of how ridiculous and stupid they sound on the surface level lol, I get it. It took you two years?! WHAAAAAt?! Well, I did similar shit before with my friend when he suggested I finish Pokemon Y and it took me 3-4 years. I just finished it a few months ago during the summer because I promised him and he brought it up after I told him about finishing Mass Effect for another friend.
> My keyboard is kind of messed up since I spilled water on it
I bet it's fixed by now lmfao and you took the time to type despite the keyboard T__T I've actually had my keyboard for almost a year or two and never broke it. :3 Used to eat at my keyboard and drink stuff ruining it but I never do that anymore.
>Hope you have a nice weekend!
Awk for me... hahahah. Hope you had a nice weekend!
Though I started to love Aria from the first episode, I understand completely what you mean with Natural.
Both halves of episode 5 were incredibly beautiful and meaningful, and it probably ranks in my top 5 episodes of the entire show. Though ultimately I look back at origination with more love due to its nature as the end of the show (and its geniusly melancholic yet still happy final episode), the memories of watching episode 7 of Natural at midnight and for the first time really feeling an amount of adoration for and connection a show that I had never felt before stick with me almost as much!
I personally related to Aika and Akira more than Alice, but her graduation ceremony (by far the most emotional), as well as a lot of her development as a character being some of the most satisfying in the show really helped me love her as much as the rest of the cast come Origination
I would love to join the Aria rewatch thanks, there's probably nothing better than rewatching my favourite piece of fiction along with other people who love it just as much!
Hey, its always great to find other Aria fans (even those who blasphemously don't think Akari is the best!) I was just wondering if there's any reason why you have aria the natural as your favourite instead of origination.
I enjoyed it as well. "Not bad" undersold my experience, haha.
Me too. I've already had an eventful Saturday though and it's barely noon. I got up early to help a friend move out, and then I went to a plant swap thing. I'm having friends over later, so I should probably clean my apartment.
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Both halves of episode 5 were incredibly beautiful and meaningful, and it probably ranks in my top 5 episodes of the entire show. Though ultimately I look back at origination with more love due to its nature as the end of the show (and its geniusly melancholic yet still happy final episode), the memories of watching episode 7 of Natural at midnight and for the first time really feeling an amount of adoration for and connection a show that I had never felt before stick with me almost as much!
I personally related to Aika and Akira more than Alice, but her graduation ceremony (by far the most emotional), as well as a lot of her development as a character being some of the most satisfying in the show really helped me love her as much as the rest of the cast come Origination
I would love to join the Aria rewatch thanks, there's probably nothing better than rewatching my favourite piece of fiction along with other people who love it just as much!
Me too. I've already had an eventful Saturday though and it's barely noon. I got up early to help a friend move out, and then I went to a plant swap thing. I'm having friends over later, so I should probably clean my apartment.