I use the term 'Movie' loosely cause it's only 45 minutes long.... but still.
So This is the adaptation of the first chapter of the Manga with the same title.
We start with Hotaru, a young girl reminiscing overall the adventures she had during her summers. See she was six she got lost in the forest, an odd boy with silver hair and a mask helped her find her way back home as long as she doesn't touch him. Apparently if a human ever touches his skin then he will vanish.
She does try to touch him at first but after a few bonks to the head she gives up, he tells her that his name is Gin. She lets him know she'll come back the next day with a thank you present... so the next day when he's there waiting for her she's overjoyed.
Unfortunately she's only visiting the area for the summer.... but she'd be back the following year and they would continue to have fun together.
I can't go into much more without spoiling everything....
I think that it should be mentioned that this was created by the same person who made Natsume Yuujinchou... and it shares a lot of common things with the other show.... The theme of yokai (demons, spirits ect) and even if they look scary they may not be. The music styling is extremely similar, i don't know for sure but it sounds like the same composer. Also the voice talent sounds very similar to the voice actor who does Natsume, it is not the same actor but they do sounds fairly close. Finally the visuals.... Gin looks like like Natsume but with silver hair and eyes... thast not bad but itis something you notice if you like the other show.
This does just feel like a long episode of Natsume Yuujinchou but i'm okay with that, it's an adorable story of a girl growing up unable to hug the one she cares about the most. There are 3 other stories in the manga.... I doubt they will be turned into films because of the four stories this is the strongest one.
I really hope someone like NISA licenses it since they have the rights to Natsume yuujinchou... i really want this on my shelf.
sorry for refferencing Nastume Yuujinchou so much...
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Monday, 9 April 2012
Friday, 23 March 2012
Completed: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Season 2
Originally published January 2, 2012 on tumblr
32 times….. that's how many times i have sat through endless 8… 16 times in japanese and now once in English….
anyways…. i have a major love hate relationship with this show.
may as well start at the beginning… so way back in…. 2006? yeah i thinks thats when it first aired…. anyways my friend told me “hey this show is great…. i think you’ll like it…” granted this is the same person who said princess tutu was stupid based off episode 1 but still he did know my taste and most of the time he recommended good shows…. so he put on episode 00…. and i just kind of stared at him and sighed.
“what the hell is this?” i asked as i stared at my friend
“trust me and watch the next episode… that episode is supposed to make you think wtf”
so i sighed and watched the next episode…. and then i understood.
however the show had a really long title that i had a hard time remembering (suzumiya haruhi no yuutsu) so when i got home i forgot about it for a while… eventually…. like a month or so later i got curious and asked him what the show was called and where i could see it and i got that info and watched it…. and it became one of my favorite shows of all time.
the very second it came out on dvd i bought it…. in fact i was one of those fools who bought the 70 buck special edition (granted i only paid 70 for the first part…. i payed closer to 40 for the other 3 parts)
i loved everything about this show, the animation is pretty, the music is fitting, the character design is fun and i loved the characters… specifically the titular character and Kyon. i was so excited for season 2 because the story in both orders just kinda ends (more so in chronological order)
so a year passes…. nothing
another year…. still nothing….
rumors rumors rumors and finally in 2009 they start re-airing the first season…. which in japan is odd…. they are notorious for no reruns….
they were showing it in chronological order and i think it was after the melancholy arc we got a new episode “Bamboo leaf Rhapsody” and it was really good… interesting plot, great animation and we see more of the characters powers….
then it went back to season 1 episodes…. it was clear… we were going through this watching with both seasons mixed together to make the chronological order make more sense.
The next episode probably brought on so much fan rage i’m surprised the building was left intact…. they did receive threats…. but i should explain.
endless 8 started as a fun summer episode where haruhi orders everyone around in the last two weeks or summer so they can have the best summer ever
however by the end of the list she wonders if they did enough. oh well they did do a lot of things…. she hands kyon the bill and leaves….
end of episode.
not so bad right? nice filler episode right? wrong.
they repeat this episode the next week…. only this time it’s a little different and the characters start having a sense of deja vu
they find out that they are in a time loop and have repeated the same two weeks for 595 years. one of them remembers all of this… the Alien Yuki Nagato… however since her purpose is only to observe she didn’t tell them earlier.
ok that's still fine though… i mean… it’s a good way to show that they are repeating time…. since once again haruhi isn’t satisfied…. it’ll all be finished the next episode right? i mean…. everything in threes right?
NOPE.
cause see the title of the episode is endless EIGHT…. some retard thought it would be a brilliant idea to have this season… which is 13 (or 14… don’t remember) episodes long…. and make 8 of them the same thing.
so…. each episode is 22 minutes long…. times 8
nearly 3 HOURS of the same thing repeating with SLIGHT changes. this arc went on for around 2 months of airtime cause there is only one episode per week
so…. understandably so…. people were angry…. we waited 3+ years to get 8 episodes of the same thing. and to be fair…. this was based on a 30 page chapter in the original novel which only went through the final loop. the studio was of course unapologetic….
on the 8th episode it’s all solved…. Kyon just needed to finish his homework : D
so…. i think there was an ep or two of old episodes and then we get the sigh of haruhi suzumiya….
which is probably my favorite arc of the show so far.
it deals with all the chaos that ensued when they were shooting the movie which is episode 00
it’s brilliant…. it renewed my love in the show and even though it ends and we are still in season 1…. i didn’t care… i was happy…. and the movie had been announced at the point. so i could deal with all the bullshit.
so last Wednesday i went and finally picked up season 2 for a decent price… and a few days before bandai closed down so that was lucky….
I thought about abridging it and only watching 3 episodes of endless 8…. but i watched to watch the whole thing… and to be fair…. when it’s just 3 hours of the same thing instead of 2 months of it… it’s actually quite effective… you really do feel that this is endless so the resolution really does fell great….
still mad about the whole endless eight thing but you know what…. i can’t help but love this show…. i feel like a puppy that's been beaten yet i still come back….
also the movie “the disappearance of haruhi suzumiya” is really good and if bandai hasn’t licensed/released it yet i hope someone else will since bandai is no more : (
alright…. natsume yuujinchou season 4 is about to air…. so off to crunchyroll ^^
32 times….. that's how many times i have sat through endless 8… 16 times in japanese and now once in English….
anyways…. i have a major love hate relationship with this show.
may as well start at the beginning… so way back in…. 2006? yeah i thinks thats when it first aired…. anyways my friend told me “hey this show is great…. i think you’ll like it…” granted this is the same person who said princess tutu was stupid based off episode 1 but still he did know my taste and most of the time he recommended good shows…. so he put on episode 00…. and i just kind of stared at him and sighed.
“what the hell is this?” i asked as i stared at my friend
“trust me and watch the next episode… that episode is supposed to make you think wtf”
so i sighed and watched the next episode…. and then i understood.
however the show had a really long title that i had a hard time remembering (suzumiya haruhi no yuutsu) so when i got home i forgot about it for a while… eventually…. like a month or so later i got curious and asked him what the show was called and where i could see it and i got that info and watched it…. and it became one of my favorite shows of all time.
the very second it came out on dvd i bought it…. in fact i was one of those fools who bought the 70 buck special edition (granted i only paid 70 for the first part…. i payed closer to 40 for the other 3 parts)
i loved everything about this show, the animation is pretty, the music is fitting, the character design is fun and i loved the characters… specifically the titular character and Kyon. i was so excited for season 2 because the story in both orders just kinda ends (more so in chronological order)
so a year passes…. nothing
another year…. still nothing….
rumors rumors rumors and finally in 2009 they start re-airing the first season…. which in japan is odd…. they are notorious for no reruns….
they were showing it in chronological order and i think it was after the melancholy arc we got a new episode “Bamboo leaf Rhapsody” and it was really good… interesting plot, great animation and we see more of the characters powers….
then it went back to season 1 episodes…. it was clear… we were going through this watching with both seasons mixed together to make the chronological order make more sense.
The next episode probably brought on so much fan rage i’m surprised the building was left intact…. they did receive threats…. but i should explain.
endless 8 started as a fun summer episode where haruhi orders everyone around in the last two weeks or summer so they can have the best summer ever
however by the end of the list she wonders if they did enough. oh well they did do a lot of things…. she hands kyon the bill and leaves….
end of episode.
not so bad right? nice filler episode right? wrong.
they repeat this episode the next week…. only this time it’s a little different and the characters start having a sense of deja vu
they find out that they are in a time loop and have repeated the same two weeks for 595 years. one of them remembers all of this… the Alien Yuki Nagato… however since her purpose is only to observe she didn’t tell them earlier.
ok that's still fine though… i mean… it’s a good way to show that they are repeating time…. since once again haruhi isn’t satisfied…. it’ll all be finished the next episode right? i mean…. everything in threes right?
NOPE.
cause see the title of the episode is endless EIGHT…. some retard thought it would be a brilliant idea to have this season… which is 13 (or 14… don’t remember) episodes long…. and make 8 of them the same thing.
so…. each episode is 22 minutes long…. times 8
nearly 3 HOURS of the same thing repeating with SLIGHT changes. this arc went on for around 2 months of airtime cause there is only one episode per week
so…. understandably so…. people were angry…. we waited 3+ years to get 8 episodes of the same thing. and to be fair…. this was based on a 30 page chapter in the original novel which only went through the final loop. the studio was of course unapologetic….
on the 8th episode it’s all solved…. Kyon just needed to finish his homework : D
so…. i think there was an ep or two of old episodes and then we get the sigh of haruhi suzumiya….
which is probably my favorite arc of the show so far.
it deals with all the chaos that ensued when they were shooting the movie which is episode 00
it’s brilliant…. it renewed my love in the show and even though it ends and we are still in season 1…. i didn’t care… i was happy…. and the movie had been announced at the point. so i could deal with all the bullshit.
so last Wednesday i went and finally picked up season 2 for a decent price… and a few days before bandai closed down so that was lucky….
I thought about abridging it and only watching 3 episodes of endless 8…. but i watched to watch the whole thing… and to be fair…. when it’s just 3 hours of the same thing instead of 2 months of it… it’s actually quite effective… you really do feel that this is endless so the resolution really does fell great….
still mad about the whole endless eight thing but you know what…. i can’t help but love this show…. i feel like a puppy that's been beaten yet i still come back….
also the movie “the disappearance of haruhi suzumiya” is really good and if bandai hasn’t licensed/released it yet i hope someone else will since bandai is no more : (
alright…. natsume yuujinchou season 4 is about to air…. so off to crunchyroll ^^
Monday, 12 March 2012
Completed: Hotarubi no Mori e (contains spoilers)
Originally Published November 27, 2011 on Tumblr
Should have done this yesterday since that’s when i finished it but oh well…
So this is a One shot Manga done by the same creator as Nastume Yuujinchou. It’s four chapters long, each one their own completely separate story…. none of them have any connection to each other…. so i’ll look at each one…
Chapter 1
This story is about a girl who is six years old, Hotaru getting lost in a wood that’s full of demons, gods and monsters. Sobbing and alone she is approached by a boy with silver hair and a mask, his name is Gin. He offers to lead her out of the forest on the condition that she doesn’t touch him since if he is ever touched by a human he will vanish.
after bumping into a few ‘Yokai’ who warn Hotaru no to touch Gin they get out of the forest and she promises to return the following day. She does this for the rest of summer, unfortunately she is just visiting her grandfather and wont return to the next summer. However she promises to come back.
Of course she does this, every year, quickly she realizes that she will continue to catch up to his age which is about 16 while he will remain unchanging. We see how much the creatures of this forest love Gin, we find out a bit of his back story and as the years pass Hotaru realizes she loves gin but is sad since she’ll never be able to touch him.
SPOILER WARNING
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.
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So this has been going on for about 10 years. Hotaru, now 16 and nearly finished highschool, comes to see Gin again. She talks about getting a job near her grandfathers place so she can see him more then just every summer.
He smiles and asks her to come to the Yokai festival, he wanted to bring her before but figured she’d be scared by the demons and such…. but now that she was older and it was almost impossible to tell the difference between Yokai and human at these things it would be more fun.
She changes into her Yukata and they ties a piece of cloth around their wrist… it’s the only way they can hold hands after all, they go and have a good time, he even gives Horatu his mask. Untill….
A child trips nearby and Gin goes to help him up…. not realizing the child was a human who snuck into the festival…. his hand begins to vanish into light. He turns to Hotaru and smiled. “Now we can finally touch” and they embrace until he is completely gone.
And then the waterworks, other then the fact that this scene is really well drawn it’ just so sad….
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END SPOILER WARNIGN
okay… next…
Chapter 2 - Overhearing a Flower song.
It’s spring and an interesting tune can be heard from the old school building, Shima has always been curious about who makes it but has never been able to figure it out. That is until Fujiwara, a delinquent, is humming the same tune down the hall.
Seems his guitar was stolen and she happened to see it… she directs him to go under the cherry blossom tree and then follows him as he rushes. he is so happy to get it back and an unlikely friendship is born.
However it seems he isn’t the one playing the melody, it’s a third year girl whom he is teaching since he can’t play anymore thanks to an injury to his left hand.
so shima worries that he likes the third year more and decides to get lessons as well. so she learns, she’s not great but she’s having fun…. Fujiwara nearly gets into a fight and she jumps in and hurts her hand… he worries but it’s fine…. in the end they get together? i think….
next~
Chapter 3 - The falling of autumn leaves
This story is cute. a poor girl, Tsubaki, has vowed to protect her rich childhood friend, Kaede, who she saved from a potential kidnapping when he was small. SO now she follows him around and protects him from everything.
unfortunately lately he’s been acting cold toward her, telling her to go home without him and even threatening to not be her friend if she continues acting like that. she immediately distances herself from him but keeps watch.
she notices a few things, first he smiles a lot more when she’s not around and he seems to be much stronger then she ever let herself notice. This makes her feel incredibly lonely… she had always justified being his friend by being able to protect him.
Around this realization he notices she’s tailing him… and chases after her. unfortunately he can’t seem to catch up to her. this goes on for a while and they give up on each other for a while… until some bullies try and ask for some money and Tsubaki comes to the rescue… seems old habits die hard.
expecting to be scolded she is near tears but instead he thanks her, he always tried to be stronger ever since the near kidnapping but Tsubaki was always so strong, but still he loves her.
Next~
Chapter 4 - Deepening the Scar
ugh… ok this will be fast…oh and this one takes place in winter
Ritsu and Sou are brother and sister who are always together… until their parents start fighting and the children are split up.
8 years later
the parents get back together and the children are reunited… now 16 an 17 things are… odd…. they start feeling things that she shouldn’t be… they try to return to their relationship that they had when they were small.
that doesn’t seem to work…. and after one hug on a walk home Sou states that after graduation he will leave her forever.
and he does.
END OF MANGA
so…. yeah…. that was description heavy but what do i think?
I loved chapter 1…. it made me cry it was so sweet… unfortunately everything after was a disappointment. it almost feels like the writer wanted to write the one story…. but needed to fill a four chapter book.
chapter 2 was ok, didn’t care about the story plus it was predictable so yeah…
chapter 3 was very cute and in the end it was just a story to give you the warm and fuzzy feeling…
which was promptly destroyed by chapter 4…. i HATED chapter 4… granted i don’t like incest plot lines and in the end nothing happens between them but still… didn’t like.
There seems to be an animated movie for the first chapter… looking forward to seeing that and sobbing like a baby. this is also the chapter that most similar to Natsume yuujinchou since it does with yokai and spirits so that could contribute to why i liked this one the most…. but honestly it’s just so cute and sad.
so yeah… cute little one shot, if you come across read it but be warned, not all the stories will be to your liking…. in fact just read the first chapter…. thats all you need.
i think this is my longest thing so far…. wow….
Should have done this yesterday since that’s when i finished it but oh well…
So this is a One shot Manga done by the same creator as Nastume Yuujinchou. It’s four chapters long, each one their own completely separate story…. none of them have any connection to each other…. so i’ll look at each one…
Chapter 1
This story is about a girl who is six years old, Hotaru getting lost in a wood that’s full of demons, gods and monsters. Sobbing and alone she is approached by a boy with silver hair and a mask, his name is Gin. He offers to lead her out of the forest on the condition that she doesn’t touch him since if he is ever touched by a human he will vanish.
after bumping into a few ‘Yokai’ who warn Hotaru no to touch Gin they get out of the forest and she promises to return the following day. She does this for the rest of summer, unfortunately she is just visiting her grandfather and wont return to the next summer. However she promises to come back.
Of course she does this, every year, quickly she realizes that she will continue to catch up to his age which is about 16 while he will remain unchanging. We see how much the creatures of this forest love Gin, we find out a bit of his back story and as the years pass Hotaru realizes she loves gin but is sad since she’ll never be able to touch him.
SPOILER WARNING
.
.
.
.
So this has been going on for about 10 years. Hotaru, now 16 and nearly finished highschool, comes to see Gin again. She talks about getting a job near her grandfathers place so she can see him more then just every summer.
He smiles and asks her to come to the Yokai festival, he wanted to bring her before but figured she’d be scared by the demons and such…. but now that she was older and it was almost impossible to tell the difference between Yokai and human at these things it would be more fun.
She changes into her Yukata and they ties a piece of cloth around their wrist… it’s the only way they can hold hands after all, they go and have a good time, he even gives Horatu his mask. Untill….
A child trips nearby and Gin goes to help him up…. not realizing the child was a human who snuck into the festival…. his hand begins to vanish into light. He turns to Hotaru and smiled. “Now we can finally touch” and they embrace until he is completely gone.
And then the waterworks, other then the fact that this scene is really well drawn it’ just so sad….
.
.
.
.
END SPOILER WARNIGN
okay… next…
Chapter 2 - Overhearing a Flower song.
It’s spring and an interesting tune can be heard from the old school building, Shima has always been curious about who makes it but has never been able to figure it out. That is until Fujiwara, a delinquent, is humming the same tune down the hall.
Seems his guitar was stolen and she happened to see it… she directs him to go under the cherry blossom tree and then follows him as he rushes. he is so happy to get it back and an unlikely friendship is born.
However it seems he isn’t the one playing the melody, it’s a third year girl whom he is teaching since he can’t play anymore thanks to an injury to his left hand.
so shima worries that he likes the third year more and decides to get lessons as well. so she learns, she’s not great but she’s having fun…. Fujiwara nearly gets into a fight and she jumps in and hurts her hand… he worries but it’s fine…. in the end they get together? i think….
next~
Chapter 3 - The falling of autumn leaves
This story is cute. a poor girl, Tsubaki, has vowed to protect her rich childhood friend, Kaede, who she saved from a potential kidnapping when he was small. SO now she follows him around and protects him from everything.
unfortunately lately he’s been acting cold toward her, telling her to go home without him and even threatening to not be her friend if she continues acting like that. she immediately distances herself from him but keeps watch.
she notices a few things, first he smiles a lot more when she’s not around and he seems to be much stronger then she ever let herself notice. This makes her feel incredibly lonely… she had always justified being his friend by being able to protect him.
Around this realization he notices she’s tailing him… and chases after her. unfortunately he can’t seem to catch up to her. this goes on for a while and they give up on each other for a while… until some bullies try and ask for some money and Tsubaki comes to the rescue… seems old habits die hard.
expecting to be scolded she is near tears but instead he thanks her, he always tried to be stronger ever since the near kidnapping but Tsubaki was always so strong, but still he loves her.
Next~
Chapter 4 - Deepening the Scar
ugh… ok this will be fast…oh and this one takes place in winter
Ritsu and Sou are brother and sister who are always together… until their parents start fighting and the children are split up.
8 years later
the parents get back together and the children are reunited… now 16 an 17 things are… odd…. they start feeling things that she shouldn’t be… they try to return to their relationship that they had when they were small.
that doesn’t seem to work…. and after one hug on a walk home Sou states that after graduation he will leave her forever.
and he does.
END OF MANGA
so…. yeah…. that was description heavy but what do i think?
I loved chapter 1…. it made me cry it was so sweet… unfortunately everything after was a disappointment. it almost feels like the writer wanted to write the one story…. but needed to fill a four chapter book.
chapter 2 was ok, didn’t care about the story plus it was predictable so yeah…
chapter 3 was very cute and in the end it was just a story to give you the warm and fuzzy feeling…
which was promptly destroyed by chapter 4…. i HATED chapter 4… granted i don’t like incest plot lines and in the end nothing happens between them but still… didn’t like.
There seems to be an animated movie for the first chapter… looking forward to seeing that and sobbing like a baby. this is also the chapter that most similar to Natsume yuujinchou since it does with yokai and spirits so that could contribute to why i liked this one the most…. but honestly it’s just so cute and sad.
so yeah… cute little one shot, if you come across read it but be warned, not all the stories will be to your liking…. in fact just read the first chapter…. thats all you need.
i think this is my longest thing so far…. wow….
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