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Sora no Woto: Impressions

Rather than commenting on the show in general, which must have probably been done by half the anime blogosphere, I would like to concentrate on two points. First of all, to get this just out of the way, is the …

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Chuu bra 12 (END)

The angsty last days of Nayu before she moves to Kyoto. Haruka reacts negatively, in principle for not being told about it, and well, actually because it is clear she is in love with her. In the end, however, they …

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Hanamaru Youchien – 11

Tsucchi looks dispirited, and although he’s got a cold, it is not precisely because of it that he is feeling down, but rather because of his failure at conveying his feelings to a very obtuse Yamamoto-sensei.  He takes a day’s …

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Hidamari Sketch Hoshimittsu – 11

It’s the raining season and, with nothing better to do than solving some puzzle the saw on TV, Miyako and Yuno go to Nori’s apartment to plunge into the unknown – a computer. They surf the net, they draw CG, …

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Anime Dreams

Amongst my many eccentricities, writing down the dreams I have every single morning is probably the most striking one. So far I’ve compiled 500 dreams in 164 days, of which 96 have to do with anime, which ranks first -since …

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Ladies vs Butlers 11

We go back to the moment just before Flameheart and Tomomi meet at the fountain. Akiharu got 2 tickets for an amusement park from the mahou shoujo girl, and decides to look for someone to go with, and it turns …

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Chuu-bra 11

As the Cultural Festival approaches, Nayu seems to be exerting herself with the preparations, which makes her friends worry if there’s something the matter with her. Kiyono, the only one who knows that Nayu will move to Kyoto next year, …

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Hanamaru Youchien 10 – BOKEEE!@!!!!!@

In the first part, Koume wanted to impress her onii-chan during the sports event, but she tripped just when she was about to win. But the effort counts! In the second part, while drunk at a karaoke, Tsuchida-sensei finally manages …

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Hidamari Sketch 10 – The Key

Since it is too obvious, I will not make any sex/lesbian jokes about this episode. While Yuno was cleaning the toilet, she dropped the key to her apartment and in the confusion she flushed it, and the landlady, paramount of …

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Essay: The third axis – Entertainment (Part 2)

Part 1 In the first part I argued about how we shouldn’t expect anime to have a message. But how do we go beyond the social function? Traditionally it often has meant art for art’s sake, or, since I don’t …

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