It’s already up to the 22^nd episode of Ergo Proxy; the final episode would have aired tomorrow. It has already been three weeks since my last Ergo Proxy update: some frequent visitors (Danchik and others) have asked what happened to me. Aside from the pressures of school (think about it, we had classes from Monday to Sunday), I also am disillusioned when it comes to Ergo Proxy. I seriously believe that the show has gone to hell. It doesn’t even have what I consider to be plot; its plot is just a string of extremely loose and disparate events seemingly connected with one another. I know pretense and falsities abound sci-fi shows and series, but this was just pushing it. I like Ghost in the Shell in that although it was also covered with pretense, it still had a plot coherent enough to tell where the story is going towards. In Ergo Proxy, I don’t know, but I don’t see the story going anywhere. I’ll probably post about it in the near future, but don’t be surprised if I post about the last episode first before I do so with the other episodes. The shock value in doing so will probably be more, so I’m going to do that if I can: I will report about the mammalian respiratory system within this week, and that’s why it’s going to be a tall order (posting about the final episode of Ergo Proxy). (more…)

I try to be an intuitive writer. I try to stand for my description to write incisive and intellectual disquisitions on anime. I can’t stop, however, being a guy (yes, despite all my loss of MANLINESS from watching Honey and Clover) first and then trying to be a scholar-cum-pedant next (although I often fail at it, because I’m too lazy in studying for the most part). That’s why after I watch Honey and Clover, I watch Air Gear some time after. No, there’s nothing deeply profound about Air Gear: all it has are sketches of what humanity is like (when put on crack). I do find something in Air Gear even I couldn’t find in Honey and Clover: a whole lot of hot girls. I’m going to be totally honest and say that for their age, they’re all totally jailbait for us older guys (except for Ume, of course, who I assume to be for lolicons, and guys who are interested in her should be shot to death). Simca is roughly the same age as Ikki, and Ringo is too. They all look more mature for their ages, and they address different quasi-fetishes of the male viewers. (It is a shounen after all.) As I see it, Ringo is the megane-type, Simca is the hotandsultrygirlthemainheroisinterestedin-type, Rika is the onee-type, and the Mikan and Agito are the badass-types. They all look totally hot, and their breasts aren’t in disproportion with their bodies (they’re endowed but that doesn’t look absurd). It’s been a while since I’ve watched a show for the hot girls, and I believe I’m interested in this one because of Oh Great’s art (he was the one who also created Tenjou Tenge). One thing I do hope for this show is for it to end after 24 to 26 episodes, because I can’t watch hot girls forever. I do love the existence of plot and I do want to satiate my desires in learning more about life by watching great anime, but I just can’t pass up a great chance to BECOME A MAN AGAIN (ZOMG), and Air Gear is the perfect answer to that problem.

(Watching hentai is a different thing altogether, though. Yes, I’m not some castrated guru-wannabe. I get hard-ons looking at girls having sex. That’s even better when it comes to yuri. mmm … )

(This is my very first picture posted with this domain. It’s a painting by Dong Yuan. It looks good for a very old work of art, doesn’t it?)

Ever since I was young, I always tried my hand at visual art. I, however, could never be as good as my sister (who was almost a genius when it came to visual art) or any regular person for that matter. In kindergarten, if I remember correctly, while they were making creative statuettes of different objects with clay I was often stuck with only a lump of inchoate stuff. Ever since I could remember, I always sucked at art. (more…)

I could post in retaliation, but I’d like to sum it up: I do think most Singaporeans like to brag and aim to be smartasses. If that’s not true, just drag yourself here in our country and observe those people here. I don’t pride myself in being intelligent: I think I am. Seeking and wanting to improve that by watching and reading media that is intelligent is not bragging. But then calling other people silly just because they don’t share your opinion is asinine. Call it any way you want, though – I did write that statement as a point that our societies conflict in a way that one perceives issues or ideas here differently from one coming from that other society.  That’s the end of it for me. (more…)

To be entirely honest, I really like School Rumble and its sequels: I’ve even written about these in the past. Until now, it still shines with its slapstick comedy and its comedy of errors (and misunderstandings). It’s probably one of the best anime in its genre. (more…)

I had been first introduced to Suneohair after listening to the ED of Honey and Clover. Right then and there, I knew that I’d like the artist with that sole Waltz song, because even after that first episode, I searched everywhere for the ED’s full song. I was able to procure it, and a day has never gone by without me listening to that wonderful song. (more…)

I moved to this new blog to avoid fanboying Honey and Clover, or to do so with at least intelligible, coherent statements. As much as I try to avoid giving praise to this series (even though it really deserves it), Umino Chika has simply given me another reason to do so. As you may know, the final chapter of the Honey and Clover manga was released just recently. I didn’t expect much: most manga endings are weak and mediocre, and are often the problem of mangakas. Yet again, however, Honey and Clover delivered. This is the first time I’ve sniffled over only a cascade of related pictures (and that without even understanding the content!). I may have really cried if I understood how it read, but that’s simply the effect of Honey and Clover to me: even static pictures seem to have lives of their own and evoke strong emotions. (more…)

I’ve written this entry on paper before I transferred it to OpenOffice, and I’ve also written it on different parts of the day, so forgive the disjointedness if ever reading the entry doesn’t seem natural to you. (more…)