It was only Midsummer the last time I saw them. Red lilacs dotted the ground, trampled underfoot as the coarse earth ground them between the jagged treads of numbing cold capturing my heart. What life came to a man who only experienced such darkness? Where might my ancestors lay so restless that the tombs they tremble in have pulsated into tremors reaching my mind? If only I knew this bitter fate would seal the key to my heart before I started, but now it is too late. Tomorrow I ride at dawn to meet before the Gods and receive my judgement. I can only pray for the grace of a quick death. You might be wondering what caused such bitter turmoil. Well for that I can only allude to the sullen mystique that caused the impetus of the event. The wanderlust that filled my heart in that moment. For it was the anticipation of something beautiful, something otherworldly. What, you might ask? To put it vaguely, a whiff of mine fair lady, the princess of all of the Westland's succulent fungal aroma. I'm sure you know that which I speak of. The webbed morsels of her southern digits. You could say they were like the insoles of my heart; softening a glacial mountain unperceived by me beforehand. But that tale is past. Overzealous in my mirth, I flew too close to the sun and melted mine ice within. Exposed and barren, a fool I was made. Now there is no more time. May the Allfather guide my fate.
Rating System:
Story: My pa always said my ma was "quite the storyteller". Although, I think he was just saving face in front of my teachers when describing her paranoid schizophrenia at parent-teacher meetings.
Characters: My ma always said my pa was "quite the character". Although, I think she was just saving face in front of the relatives when describing his feral bloodlust after a ketamine binge.
Art: 60's-90's is peachy. Anything more contemporary, not quite.
Sound: Moaning and screaming is peachy. Anything less feral, not quite.
Enjoyment: The only category that matters. Anything above, not quite.
As a general rule, the only good anime in existence, period, are either in the genres of "surrealist hyper autism", "incorrigible schizophrenic humor", or "bestial ultra-violence" and nothing in between.
Rating Scale:
1-7 - I would rather do a thing that I would rather be doing than partake in this activity.
8-10 - I would rather partake in this activity than do a thing that I would rather not be doing.
Yeah okay, Akira didn't happen. Watched like, a good *almost* ten minutes and fell asleep. Whoops.
My dad's always been crazy on Buddhism. Never interested in religion myself.
I like getting to know my things inside and out. As in, stuff I'm interested in, I'll collect the whole backstory, history...yada yada. With Philosophy too I read Kierkegaard's miserable ass diary first....did it help me understand his work better? Well, no. But it made me kind of depressed. Same difference, yeah?
Sweet! Funny thing, I've been meaning to rewatch it. One of my favourites from middle school but I haven't touching either the anime or manga since. Let me know what you think when you get around! Maybe I'd have watched it too by then and we can chat some about it.
I've been putting off Akira for the better part of five years. No reason, just never feel like watching it -- think I'll crack that open in a minute.
I'm not too keen on psychology myself, or, really any kind of humanities for that matter. Why Buddhism if I may ask? Haha.
- Fond of reading through Philosophy time to time. I bought Fear and Trembling the other night. Now, I've read through most of Kierkegaard's work so that shouldn't be too much of a hassle.
Most of my favourites have under a 7.40 rating..which is more average than bad but oh well. I remember when Fruits Basket was the highest rated series for a while and a buncha full metaltards made fake accounts to give FMA 10s and FB a 1. Like god, how terminally online are you? I don't usually say shit like that, since, well, me too but c'mon it's really not that deep! I mean, anime's a form of art sure, but it's ultimately just a medium of entertainment, at the end of the day who cares about all that as long as a show's entertaining! Like, I know so many people who rated their 'favourites' 6 or under..which, it's fine, I suppose I don't really care either but really? You watched an anime that apparently **changed your life** and you STILL docked points off for art and sound..? Suit yourself!
Haha, anyway, excuse my rambling there! I was trying to respond to that last message too.
I suppose I don't have a waifu...cause I'm not an incel.. but I do have a total soft spot for more childish, passionate characters. I mean, just look at my list! As vague as that sounds, I think you get the kinda trope I'm talkin about. I don't know, I always see guys favouring those bossy, tsundere or whatever archetypes, and it still makes total sense, those girls don't really exist outside ecchi but I don't know, its just damn annoying to watch, hahaha.
- Nuku Nuku's real fun, nothing special of course, but it's fine for something simple and easy-going, especially if you don't mind episodic plots!
I actually watched it because of you! But I think you could have figured that much out, haha. It was really cute overall, I get the 6-point rating it has but it really is just on par with any other b-list anime from around the time I'm surprised it doesn't have a higher MAL score! Natsuki was a real cutie, reminded of Nuku Nuku an awful lot, just got a total affinity to that kinda chick.
Thanks, I lost my password and came back as Officerpoon for a while but the mods banished that account to the shadow realm. Then I just tried one of the handful of passwords I use everywhere on this account and it worked
If you've taken one look at my list, you've probably noticed all the sap and nonsense I gave 9's and 10's to. Honestly! It embarrasses the hell outta me, like everything on my favourites list is shit - like, c'mon, even I can admit it. But I've always loved camp, you can have a stellar cast, perfect soundtrack with purdy art but the one thing you can't replicate or remake is charm. DN Angel is...I don't know if I'm just braindead but I didn't understand like, anything that was happening half the time. The manga was definitely better, but that's what I'm gettin at with charm: I love DN Angel for the atmosphere, maybe it's just the nostalgia but there's something so innocent and warm about it..Same reason I won't watch the Fruits Basket remake, the old one was nothing special, but I'd be lying if said the original didn't make me all fuzzy inside with it's girly ass art and writing. Anyway, I'll quit rambling...!
You definitely have, now I don't wanna call it an odd taste, but, let's say..unique taste in anime. I really mean when I say I've never seen those shows, those characters up all together, hahah.
Hey! Thanks for the add, mate :^) You know, I've never seen anyone with Hyper Police on their favourites - been meaning to watch it forever, seriously.
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My dad's always been crazy on Buddhism. Never interested in religion myself.
I like getting to know my things inside and out. As in, stuff I'm interested in, I'll collect the whole backstory, history...yada yada. With Philosophy too I read Kierkegaard's miserable ass diary first....did it help me understand his work better? Well, no. But it made me kind of depressed. Same difference, yeah?
I've been putting off Akira for the better part of five years. No reason, just never feel like watching it -- think I'll crack that open in a minute.
I'm not too keen on psychology myself, or, really any kind of humanities for that matter. Why Buddhism if I may ask? Haha.
- Fond of reading through Philosophy time to time. I bought Fear and Trembling the other night. Now, I've read through most of Kierkegaard's work so that shouldn't be too much of a hassle.
Haha, anyway, excuse my rambling there! I was trying to respond to that last message too.
I suppose I don't have a waifu...cause I'm not an incel.. but I do have a total soft spot for more childish, passionate characters. I mean, just look at my list! As vague as that sounds, I think you get the kinda trope I'm talkin about. I don't know, I always see guys favouring those bossy, tsundere or whatever archetypes, and it still makes total sense, those girls don't really exist outside ecchi but I don't know, its just damn annoying to watch, hahaha.
- Nuku Nuku's real fun, nothing special of course, but it's fine for something simple and easy-going, especially if you don't mind episodic plots!
You definitely have, now I don't wanna call it an odd taste, but, let's say..unique taste in anime. I really mean when I say I've never seen those shows, those characters up all together, hahah.