I was on IRC, but I was writing a new post since I now don’t have school to worry about. Anime is a time waster, but it’s a great one when you have loads of time. I am despondent because I know I have wasted time yet still want to. Once you love something it is difficult to let it go. It’s sad, but life’s like that.

Good luck with your college admissions!

And … I failed to touch you, too. By the way, I e-mailed you already.

For the others, thanks for the replies. I think what I’m saying to koro is also applicable to your replies.

(Downloaded a few hundred megabytes of Kyonko images)

:3 You’re right. She IS ADORABLE/CUTE/MOE.

So, about this alternate setting for SHnY; I understand your interest in a more “colorful” world as it breaks more societal conventions, however I must contest that you just made me cry.

Haruhi with a penis? Kyon without his coarse, sarcastic face and facepalm?

I weep. Because I know I am still in love with both of them.

Haha. I’ve also slacked on my blogging schedule if you haven’t noticed. Been playing games and watching some old (not that old I guess) things like Blood+.

I’ve also gone a change in viewpoint of anime, gaming, and internet culture in general. Rather than inputing, I found reading, analyzing, and responding directly, rather than creating my own topics and interests, to be much more enjoyable. Thus, the lack of updates on my part.

Overall, maybe us both have grown tired of fanboyism. I love anime, and am pretty sure I always will. But the urge to outcry and inform has left me (in despair!). Most likely, a lot of the RL factors are effecting these changes. College admission FTL.

Anime indeed is a time waster. It kills hours and hours of my daily life. But I find it much more rewarding than things such as “social networking” (facebook/myspace) which I have recently attempted to involve myself in.

What are you doing Mike? Not just in your analysis of anime/culture, but what do you think about everyday? I find the last two articles you submitted to be in agreement with my own opinions (although I prefer Haruhi female… as my future bride to be) I get a tone of despondency.

Maybe it’s just because I miss you.

/me touches mike

:3

God yes, that is the love-hate apex of my relation to anime. Things were so much better when I didn’t have much to do in life except train hard, play unproductively on the computer, and of course enjoy a lot of anime/manga. It seems things would be so much better if I didn’t want to keep that enjoyment going, and just focus on education and productivity. Saying that makes me feel that I would be slightly suffocated inside if it was to happen.

Haruki eh, I never found Haruhi particularly girly, nor Kyon extra-manly, but the reversal would feel so much more inverted then it seems. Intriguing, especially Kyonko. hmmm

Still, the quick-thinking, running-commentary kind of satire and cynicism that Kyon excells at feels male – perhaps because when it’s spoken it’s a competitive exercise, trying to bring someone else down a peg or two. This sense of showing off isn’t so much the case with Kyon specifically, I suppose, because a lot of his running commentary is mental rather than oral.