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New Manga / Light Novel Releases You Might Want to Check Out

2023-02-23T18:18:00.007-08:00

Hello, hello. This is your friendly anime/manga lover giving you another update for the hottest manga/light novel releases!

What are you up to today? It has been winter snowing my part of town and so I have a reason (again) to stay at my house and binge read some good manga! xP

Without any further ado, let me make it as simple as it is. I'll list down the hottest ones!

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Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter (Light Novel) Vol. 8 Kindle Edition

US / CANADA

BATTLES ABROAD AND AT HOME

Merellis is turning heads among the members of high society, but the threat of war looms overhead as political relations between Tasmeria and Rimmel start to crumble. At the same time, serious accusations have been brought up against House Anderson--Merellis's own family! If General Anderson falls from public favor, a war would be inevitable. Merellis sees just one way to avoid this: it's time to disguise herself as a soldier and step onto the battlefield to secure victory.

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Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything With Low-Level Spells (Light Novel) Vol. 7 Kindle Edition

US / CANADA

FORBIDDEN MAGIC FOR TOTAL REVENGE

After defeating the Sword of Courage, Mimori Touka finally arrives in the Country at the End of the World. Forbidden Magic is finally within his grasp--and it's strong enough to break through the defenses surrounding the Goddess Vicius so that Touka can take his long-awaited revenge! But the Country at the End of the World has its own problems on the horizon: the strongest knights of Alion are about to invade. Can anyone stand against them?

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Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (Light Novel) Vol. 21 Paperback

US / CANADA

WHERE IS ZENITH?

Zenith--Rudeus's mother--has been kidnapped. Rudeus runs himself ragged searching for her in every corner of Millishion, following his late father Paul's orders to protect her at all costs. Ever on the back foot and outmaneuvered at every turn, Rudeus struggles to break through adversity and bring his mother back, safe and sound.

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I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! (Light Novel) Vol. 4

US / CANADA

EVIL ON PATROL

What comes after boarding school for an evil lord? The military academy, of course! Liam's subordinates arrange the perfect overpowered patrol fleet for his post-academy training period, but the Guide is hungry for revenge against the young evil lord and takes this as an opportunity to strike! Will the Guide succeed? And will Liam ever notice that the Guide isn't actually trying to help?

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US / CANADA

BETRAYAL IS WORSE THAN DEATH IN MOST CASES

Takemichi’s attempts to return Baji to the fold have failed, and when he returns to the future, he discovers things are even worse than he feared. The future has changed, and with it, Takemichi’s past. He remembers snippets of the upcoming battle between Toman and Valhalla, and he knows it ends with Kazutora killing Baji and Mikey taking bloody revenge. Can Takemichi convince Mikey not to kill the former friend who murdered his brother and now his best friend?! Does he even want to…?

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AYAKASHI TRIANGLE

US / CANADA

SUZU...TIMES TWO?!

When Suzu shows up in Matsuri’s room without warning, he knows something is wrong…and then she kisses him, before vanishing the next instant! It turns out it’s not Suzu, but an omokage—a doppelganger ayakashi that’s usually harmless. But what happens when the powers of an ayakashi medium are in the mix?

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OUTBRIDE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST VOL 3

US / CANADA

ONE HUMAN CAN SAVE THEM ALL.

Humanity as she knew it is gone, but Mashiro is slowly coming to terms with her new reality. She has even warmed slightly to her companions, the four impressive male celestials all set on being the first to procreate with her. As their relationships evolve daily, thanks to their regular kissing (and more) to neutralize the effects of celestigen poisoning, Mashiro must contend with the heavy weight of the task they’ve asked of her. Will she be allowed to decide who shares her bed first or will that decision have to be made for her?

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CLASSROOM OF THE ELITE YEAR 2: VOL 4

US / CANADA

“I’M NOT AFRAID OF BEING EXPELLED”

Tensions are high as the students of the Advanced Nurturing High School enter the second week of this special exam taking place on an uninhabited island. Students from all grades are getting ready to make their final moves, and so is Acting Principal Tsukishiro. Who will come out on top? And who will be packing their bags to leave the island–and the school?

That is it! I will be updating your for more releases and latest manga updates soon! Until next time! - fymb

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10 New Releases (Manga Volumes, Light Novels) - You Might Want to Check Out!

2023-02-22T09:12:00.008-08:00

I have ten of the newest and hottest releases for your reading pleasure.

Grab your favorite beverage, get comfortable, and dive into the amazing world of light novels and manga!

Pre-order and Order them now!

Links are available for US and Canada. 

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Raven of the Inner Palace (Light Novel) Vol. 1

US / CANADA

Deep within the palace’s walls lives the secluded and mysterious Raven Consort. Some say she is an old woman, while others claim she is young and beautiful. What all stories agree upon is that she has the power to exorcise spirits, lay fatal curses, and find lost objects—for a price. When the young emperor arrives at the door of the Raven Consort seeking magical assistance, his request could shake up the palace…or perhaps even the entire kingdom.

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Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 4 - December 2022 

US / CANADA

History stands poised to repeat itself as Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji are besieged by walking corpses atop the Burial Mounds. It is here fate offers them a second chance to protect their loved ones and unmask the true instigator of this grisly onslaught. As shocking revelations shake the cultivation world to its very core, the unlikely couple becomes preoccupied with other matters--like an evening of drunken impulse that may push their budding relationship into bold new territory.

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BARBARITIES I 

US / CANADA - BL Romance

When Lord Montague’s life is threatened, Viscount Adam Canning is assigned to be his bodyguard. Adam is a blond, dashing nobleman who is able to woo anyone who catches his eye. When he sees Lord Montague’s nephew, Joel, Adam is immediately smitten. But Joel is too busy rooting out crime and corruption to fall for Adam’s charms. Of course, that just makes Adam want him even more! Can Joel stay focused, or will he fall for the devilishly handsome viscount?

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Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Fafnir the Recluse Vol. 1

US / CANADA

Fafnir is a dark, brooding curse dragon from the same world as Tohru, Kanna, and their friends. He’s also an otaku who’s as obsessed with games, merch, and doujinshi as he is with gold, jewels, and destroying all humans. This latest spin-off from the highly popular Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid offers a peek into the timeless bromance of Fafnir and Takiya, two otaku sharing an apartment. The life of a recluse is busier than you might expect!

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Does a Hot Elf Live Next Door to You? Vol. 5

US / CANADA - Ecchi / Erotic

Inudou’s dream of becoming a mangaka hits a roadblock when his editor tells him that he needs experience with romance to write something that doesn’t stink! And speaking of romance, his hot-blooded neighbor, the elf knight Surt, has just returned to her home world to marry a mythic being! Can Inudou win her back? What about his local magical girl? His succubus of a landlord? All the other hot yet weird and dangerous chicks he’s met recently? Someone’s marrying somebody, and someone’s gettin’ their heart broke! Find out who in this final volume!

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Saint Seiya: Saintia Sho Vol. 16

US / CANADA

While the fight rages on between Ares and the Saints, Shoko and her fellow Saintia race to reach Athena! With a meteor plummeting towards Earth, every second counts. When it seems like all hope is lost, the Saintia must perform one final ritual to save the day. As the war reaches its crescendo, Shoko faces her sister, Kyoko, one last time! The action-packed conclusion to Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō!

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GUNBURED × SISTERS Vol. 3

US / CANADA - Yuri

The pureblood that Dorothy and Maria encountered spoke of another half-vampire, offering an invaluable clue to Maria’s sister’s whereabouts! But this turns out to be a short-lived victory for the pair, whose relationship runs into its first major roadblock over Dorothy’s treatment of Shannon. Will they be able to reconcile their differences?

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Sakurai-san Wants to Be Noticed Vol. 3

US / CANADA - School Life

Mako and Sakurai have been spending a lot of time together after school, and even ended up alone together in her room! Mako thinks she’s behaving a little differently than usual…during a moment of silence, she stares right into his eyes. What could this possibly mean?

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Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four! Vol. 4

US / CANADA 

Salaryman-turned-heavenly king Uchimura leads the Demon Army against a horde of invading wyverns. The army struggles valiantly but is overwhelmed by the appearance of a titanic dragon -- that is, until the Demon Overlord arrives. After dealing with this threat, the Demon Overlord makes the following unexpected announcement: "You, Uchimura, shall become the next king of the Demon Army!! "While striving to deal with this unexpected promotion, Uchimura heads to his next mission, where he faces a new, severe problem.

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Adachi and Shimamura (Light Novel) Vol. 10

US / CANADA 

It’s the start of a new year, and Shimamura has finally come to terms with what it means to be Adachi’s girlfriend. As Valentine’s Day approaches, it’s time to stop running away… Can Shimamura find the courage to do the right thing?

fall anime things and others

2015-10-13T22:14:00.000-07:00

Hello. Do you guys hear that sound? Well, here in the north, it does sound like crispiness of the red leaves that fell off from the trees. Summer has long passed. It's cold. It's fall. And we just started watching some fall anime this year! Hooray!!
It always makes me a bit in a panic when a series of anime first episodes streamed in a week. Imagine my eyes looking all those episode ones and for me, i'd rather just choose 2 or 3, because i am also reading some manga, but i so love discovering my next favourites.

If you observe my posts, i really get to start every manga that are freshly published/famous, but i always am inserting some old manga that readers take for granted... just because the art is not that good. I introduce lots of not well-read manga and most of them, i tell you, are treasures. You can learn from them. They are a bit nostalgic, a bit of a heart breaker, or a bit frustrating.

I'll write down below the fall anime(and some deets) that i'm sure i'll be watching and their screenshots that will be on my tumblr every after a new episode is updated.

1. Gakuen Toshi Asterisk - fantasy, dorms, fighting magical swords, uniforms, rival schools
2. Comet Lucifer - mecca, fantasy, innocent alien? girl with magic somehow ended with a normal human boy
3. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-blooded orphans - yet another gundam series; you cant have too many gundam series; orphans controlling meccas fighting Mars human citizens(idk); long-haired blond girl protagonist (must be in a gundam series--LOL)
4. Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen - snow-filled mountains, villages, girl with cat ears and a boy with no memories doing some journeys, big scorpion-like creatures, magic
5. Owari no seraph - vampires versus demon-contracted soldiers, uniforms; two best friends, one is a turned vampire, the other one escaped from the vampire haven then became a soldier to fight off vamp
6.Onsen yosei hakone-chan - comedy, ecchi, boy meet a girl saying she's an onsen god
7. One punch man - comedy, one bald guy can kill any creatures by a punch, weird side of Japan's time(LOL), cyborgs, aliens, crazy scientists, mosquito girl, 'can a cactus take too much of that water? is it gonna die', he's a hero but he doesn't like it that much, he just wanted to fight a guy who can take his punch
8. Haiyuu - precious volleyball babies, volleyball, school rivalries, cute manager
9. Rakudai kishi no cavalry - school life, uniforms, tsundere, swords, harem, ecchi,
10. Noragami - gods, fighting shrine gods, a not so popular god associated with a normal high school girl, magic, enchantments, regalias,
11. K: return of kings - bishies with super powers, leader in each groups called kings, uniforms,

That's it. Pretty sure i would watch them all but i may be left out in some anime but i'll catch up in a few days. no worries.
-fymb

to like or not to like

2015-09-04T14:44:00.001-07:00

Thoughts from ep 22 of Ore Monogatari

it does seem a little too late that i'm reacting to the episode. i'm a bit quiet telling my opinions between Suna and Yukika.

So here we go..
It's cute. they are cute. i love girls with glasses in anime and manga. i love them to death. the library girls who always bring so many books in her hands. the shy type.
but you see, this is Suna. and i hate myself why i'm a bit protective of this bishie character. if you always read my tags, he's my ultimate cinnamon roll. my daily posts(well, not that daily). my 'protect at all times' kind of guy. my 'too good for this world' boy. my 100+ tags post. even giraffes love him.

he loves this certain type of bird. he loves reading. he loves Takeo(in a homo or non-homo way). he even like Yamato. he likes people and probably dislike them at times when they say not good things about his friend. he's kind. Takeo said Suna is kind. He could make you touch his hand. he rarely does that. did i say he read books? from series to series? His laugh is cute. Flawless skin, smooth head of hair. Lots of sunshine in his background and glitters in the road he passes. he observes things. won't disturb your date if you have one. if a bird needs to poo, like the bird surely needs to poo, the bird will decide to procrastinate, nearly will kill himself, shake away his basic need, if Suna is walking below him. ~~(haha)~~
i bet he doesn't really study but get good grades. the whole world is a little better when he was born. those girls who likes him, was blessed in all glory. he doesn't really like sports, but he can run fast and dodge balls. for a girl. he can put out the fire in your clothes, if you happened to catch one. he can eat sweets you made. he remember memories-- mainly the funny ones. he can catch your bag if you accidentally throw them.
he is kind.

in my opinion, i don't think they meant for each other. coming from someone who doesn't read the manga updates. the episodes which Yukika was introduced up to ep 22.. for me, it doesn't justify true love.
even if the animation made a million flowers and bubbles between them. even if she like him, and somehow Suna blushes. it's not because of the creepy stalkerish ways she made(that some people hate) or because some people wants him to be ARO, which is a bit selfish if it meant for him being alone the rest of his life.
i just knew it. i don't know why i knew it.
but maybe i do, with some of these guesses:
This couple is cute, but it will wear off making them boring and shallow. I have this ideal girl in my mind way before this arc was aired and this ideal girl is total opposite to Yukika. it's funny. I imagine someone who is active, a fancy girl who doesn't fuck with everyone. Who straight up will tell him she likes him. doesn't do bullshit. doesn't do subtle. she's transparent, giddy, pushy, a bit of an adventurer. crazy girl who is more like Takeo, a pony tail girl but can sweep Suna off his feet when she lets her hair down. Not the type who have goals of an actress and wants to go to America or a shy library girl who loves Shakespeare. Stereotypes, i know. But.. Suna deserve different. Maybe because, i like opposites. i told you guys this. heh

So yeah, it's a good episode. i never expected for Suna to say i love you back and lift her princess style while running off in the horizon. Suna deserved more than that. i would say, it will not satisfy me if that happens. Imagine them, going on a double date with Yamato and Takeo. It's too much sugar. And too much sugar, is... bitter.

I don't wanna talk about the girl's way of stalking or Suna's Aro status for now. We have some opinions about that. But this blog's purpose is just one.. for me, it's not the end, maybe they'll be together at the end of the manga, but that episode is a thumbs up. i don't want him to be alone. but if he wants it, and he is not particularly lonely, it's good. i think, i'm good for it. But in a long run, i want him to meet his ideal girl.. his Miss Right.

i think that ep is not stupid, or illogical, or stagnant or dumb or boring. i was in awe actually. coming from someone who is reading so many shoujos, believe me i know too many stories that the bestfriend ends up with the other guy, or the next guy. the girl like the guy, her bff like the guy's bff too. then, the other one surprisingly like the other girl too in the clique. the characters are all paired up. and you know what, it doesn't really work that way in this anime, well at Suna, and it made me more excited. i couldnt wait to know more about them. or to be surprised. is it that in the long run, Takeo is not for Yamato? Is it in the end, they will go to their different paths? Is Suna trying to conceal a secret? Is Suna have a good reason why he rejects every damn girl who confesses to him? i have questions but they are good ones.

i love the ep. i read a certain review, a bad review at that. and it's saddens me that the reviewer didn't like the ep. He wanted for them to be together and do double dates and marry and have children. No.. there are not really the exact words, but pretty much the gist.
So i wrote this just so you can read my opinion too. that no, I dont want Suna to be alone for the rest of his life, and no, i don't want him Aro, but like, if the girl haven't even drawn yet, it's okay and i'll patiently wait.

hehe.

til next time
- fymb

viewing/reading updates, summer, skip beat, etc. and maybe some spoilers

2015-08-25T19:34:00.000-07:00

Hello! I am so sorry because i don't usually update this blog but trust me it's still up and running. i have so many things in my mind right now regarding anime-manga shits and all that. so here i am now..

Is it summer in your place? me, yes it is. i am enjoying. well, if reading manga and anime-watching in front of the aircon are your type of enjoyment. haha. jk. How's your summer? Tell me in the comments below.

Okay...
I posted updates of Orange manga. Honestly, at first, like reading it the first time, i hated it. i don't like dramatic shit (excuse my lang--im too excited writing right now--it's like i type really fast) and somehow i feel like that type of drawing style should be about all flowers and bubbles shoujo. but, when the plot is about parallel worlds and if they exist was used to somehow make a conflict, i liked it better. Which made me then think that, i hoped i read it as a completed manga, because it's going to be frustrating to read in scanlations monthly and sometimes i really forgot what had happened in the past chapters. And then, i read the news that it will end soon... which is i felt a bit bad to really wished it to end. is it not selling? or is it really limited on that particular time? i don't usually know these things but.. i think we actually read the end of it.. ch 22. i know it's until chapter 27, but the chapter is pretty much the ending. i''m waiting for the epilogue to be posted. (buy them on bookstores! teehee~) Anyways, let's get to telling what's on our minds about the ending.. mine's pretty satisfied. the thing is, i didn't expected it to be as satisfying, but the ending made me really happy. i was telling you with my tags in tumblr, if you're reading them that, i was not expecting a mind-blowing ending and i'll be happy if things in the future are not to be disturbed with all the events in the past. i realized that, i didn't believe in parallel universes. It's a happy ending for me.

Next one's, Dragon ball Chou/ Super. Dang, childhood this big, i can't let it pass. as you know, i'm watching the anime, but reading the manga is a bit more exciting...and... DIFFERENT. I don't know why some people have to have their kind of fun making and shaking things a little bit differently with all the timing and the scenes, but dang, it's kinda upsetting. Regardless, you need to read the manga if you want to know what i'm talking about.

Skip beat! chapter 227 have this sad atmosphere right now. And i was a bit pissed at Kyoko's mother thus my tumblr post. >,< I just didn't want to see mothers acting that way, and children being more understanding. Saena have this wonderful prestigious job while her daughter is still climbing like a turtle in her acting career ladder while studying at the age of 16(if im not mistaken), and she's not that all.. i don't know.. caring?! in a motherly kind of way. Saena, a character, difficult to care about is just about being introduced more by the author in this chapter, but i tell you it's gonna be hard to convince me why she acted that way.. or still acts that way. Anyhow, i missed Ren. he's not in the chapter. >.< and it's skip beat you know, Ren just walking might take up an entire chapter.. or at least his photoshoot, waiting for the chapter is hard, and this manga is a whole lot of tease. i could probably make a list why. (LOL)

If you are following my daily posts the past few days, i posted some new manga of 2015 which was really fun for me. i looked them all up and they are so many more new manga that needs to be read! i am so excited to really explore new ones. it does require a lot of work tho so i won't promise i'll post all. i will pick up some interesting ones.

I am currently watching Monster right now. it's on ep 8. and imagine if we live in this world where we can adopt different species and live with us? It's gonna be hardwork which is why i am totally pity Darling~~ right now. (haha) Who's going to marry him? I don't know. maybe, it's gonna be like all (well not all but pretty much all) harems in this world, NOT HEA with one of the girls.

You know what i like this season? Well, one of the few that i really like. It's Okusama ga Seito Kaichou! . It's ecchi and naughty of course. but what a tease it has been every time an ep's 8 minute video has ended. I am already ahead by reading the manga but it's a joy to watch it in animation. And our dear kaichou really have a nice bodeehhh.!!

I have this manga recommendation to end this blog and it's entitled: Wonder Rabbit Girl It's about different fetishes by certain girls that was discovered by this lad. It's interesting and unique. Check out more of my recommendations here: Tumblrtag

Thaastt's it! Until next time friends.
- fymb

it's still running

2015-03-06T18:30:00.001-08:00

yes, this blog is still running. i cant have much time for posting here but when i have something to say and it's a lot.. this is the place to go. usually some manga-reading updates and anime news.

i do write and it's always in phrases, so pardon me guys. i have to cut what i'm thinking coz i tend to really write long sentences like this and i'm a cerebral person so.. see. >.>

you know what, i am really looking forward for the cooking anime, Shokugeki no Soma. I read about it months ago, read some chapters and it's pretty amazing. I'll be waiting for it this April, just like the spring. :)

Just read Noragami chapter 52. to be honest, damn, Yato can't do anything! I mean, hell, i'm pretty bored at this arc. i need action, especially from Yato. I know, he'll be dead if his father will, but someone do something! I mean, this arc pretty much started for awhile and it's not getting any praise for me. I thought Bishamon arc is all ended. I just felt like it descend quickly from that of Yukine's arc. I sense a change for the next chapter, but we'll see.

I just remember that I'm suppose to tell you the mangaka that i dont like, right? And i think i said that you'll be a bit shocked about my choice? Well, i'll tell you who and i tell you some whys. I dont like her style not the person, just to be clear.

Let's make this a secret tho..(hehe) Disclaimer: My opinion

In my state of preferences, i can't anymore be reading if she have a new one, the work of Haruta, Nana.

Damn, I am not so sorry. I read almost all of her works, but each of her manga, there's this character I wanted to punch. haha. I know, I know, you love Chocolate Cosmos, and i pretty like that too(well, that's the most decent for me) but.. some of her characters are purposely made stupid, dense, dull-witted, and any other synonym of stupid you can think of. some male leads are insensitive and foolishly heroish. She makes a typical shoujo manga that i obviously and generally hated and rid of. Those manga are too cliches' made of submissive crying girl leads falling in love with poker faced boy leads that is too dense and irrational. Period.

Of course, I love the mangaka of The bride of the water god. I can't quite find something better than it's art. It's gorgeous!! I cant even post a lot of screenshots from it in my blog because i feel like i'm stealing it from her talent.(lol)

The story is amazing!!

Ok.. what else..

Oh.. Hana Yori Dango's season two, Hana Nochi Hare!

Who doesn't know Boys over flowers? Im pretty surprised that we will have season two of this manga. I mean, this is one of the successful stories we've seen. So many adaptations. Although, this new season, we have a new group but in the same university that schooled F4. New girl lead too.

Someone asked me about where to read it, but i'll advice you to just purchase it if it's available in your place. let's support the mangaka, guys. But, i am lucky to just been read it through vizmanga.com.

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As I've said, i had no internet access for 2 days and I went crazy. No, not really. I read books everyday so i am not easily get bored. Now i had my internet, let's talk about Shinichi and Murano of Parasyte. Haha, sorry, i know i'm too late to be able to voice my surprise of their sudden "intimacy" in the latest ep, and I just thought even from the beginning, that they were a lost cause.. and maybe later.. we don't know. It's not that really of a romance type of anime. If this sudden progression of spring in between them happened, of course, all hell will break loose immediately after.

I just wanted to know what will happen next. I think this is one of my favorite anime this season, together with Cross:Ange, the very controversial mecca anime. (And i like controversial) *hihi*devilish laugh*

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Part of me, wanted to talk more, part me wanted to shut up and i'll just shut up now and end this hell of a blog post.

stick around, otaku friends

-fymb

this time..i will bring..(you know what's next..)

2014-12-02T06:42:00.001-08:00

... you happiness.

SQUEEEEEEEE!!!

I so love the line.

Chapter 78, is the last chapter of Hirunaka no Ryuusei.

I didn't post anything from the chapter til today after mangahere updated it. there are some manga sites which already updated the manga few days before and most of you read mangahere so, sometimes I have to wait. i spoil a lot. i am that tumblr user who post fast few hours after the translation. sometimes, i read your tags saying NOOO i got spoiled!! haha.

But.. i don't spoil RAWS. i hate when someone spoil ~~RAWS~~ in tumblr.

So.. you know that one manga.. shoujo one... that appear almost in a blue moon. Usually, it's just a part of a collection of manga stories as oneshot, or a short-lived manga with a not so good art, that you feel ahhh, this one's different. this one.. the girl choses the other guy.

You looked for it even just once, right?

Well... there it is. HnR.

I found it in HnR and double the feels because.. i loved both of the guys. i loved the girl too.

Triple the feels.. because the other guy is a teacher. You know I love teachers in manga. haha. i might compile teachers in manga soon in a blogspot post. lol I loved them so much that, having been seen Shishio being rejected was hurtful.

I am having these flashbacks now and i just realized that it was a smooth manga to read. it was planned. there were clues tho. one, the whole manga focuses on the dating of Suzume and Daiki. two, well.. the crossover of Hibi Chouchou and HnR pretty much told me things. That crossover made me a bit uncomfortable already that time. It's like the mangaka hinting something. both couples were there, Suiren and Kouha.. Suzume and Daiki.

The ending.

Woah... well, i know you already googled the raws after reading ch 77 and the updates are not surprising already. I liked it, tbh. It hits so close to home when we talked about first love and not having won it in the end, but true love is worth it, right?

On that last chapter, Suzume said that Shishio was his first love no matter people say.

But guess what, she comes running back to Daiki.

If the ending is the other way around, i'm sure i'll accept it. it's that good of the manga HnR is. i already surrendered the ending to the mangaka.

I lost another manga to read. Dammit!

i'm always sad when a manga ends. it's like losing a pet or having been graduated in high school without knowing you might never see your best friend again.

next time,

-fymb

no one's marrying someone yet.. (lol)

2014-11-09T17:34:00.001-08:00

I had many reblogs about the chat post bet taichi and chihaya. A chat that isnt exaggerated. It was honestly quoted every word from the recent chap(138). to think, i am a taichihaya shipper, i am always always fair as much as possible.You dont know me, but if you are an old and loyal follower, you knew already that i read all the tags of the rebloggers that i am fondly doing ever since. I dont intend for that post to rouse some taichi hateful/dislike opinions--but it cant be helped. You are free to say whatever you want. It’s just that ‘accidentally’ im that blogger who reads and ‘accidentally’ i am at taichi’s humble side. So let me tell you one thing if you’re on arata’s side.. Good for you babe..truly. ‘Stans’ what do u call it? Well, arata stans(and dont even convince yourself u arent one.. Well if you arent.. Okayyyy).. Good for you. I am happy for you. It’s just that, at least for me, i am not trying to say that chihaya should be ‘obligated’ to return her feelings to taichi, ok? No one said that. I terribly believe not any one of taichihaya shippers said that. For me, it’s the mangaka’s choice to draw whatever will happen and correct me if im wrong, but as i recall no one’s marrying someone yet. (lol) no one's winning as Meijin yet. as i remember, it's not even ending. the karuta sport is an exciting one so i dont want to end it yet. as i recall, no one's having a boyfriend yet. i mean to say these things as light patting of the back and being happy for what had happened. being accepting at some things. be respecful. be humble.

but sometimes.. some people tell mean things.

You say 'stans' as if it's a bad thing. Stans of taichi or not, You dont care. Stans of arata or not, You dont have the right to question/mock someone else’s feelings, even whoever someone else’s wanted to coddle or care or feel like to cover him up for him not to get hurt.

Baby girl/boy, if you’re grossing out, the shoujo manga is staying, but you have a choice otherwise.

My ask box is open 24 hours 7 days a week. And guess what? It’s open for anon if u feel like it. Hehe >.>

-fymb

the pin and ayane problem

2014-11-06T19:14:00.002-08:00

well, at least.. my problem.

ladies and gentleman,

i ship Pin and Ayane so hard. harder than a rock.
It's a crappy simile but hey it's true.
But.. there's some guilt in it.
Guilt i can't quite put off.
One of them, he's name is Kent.

It's the realization of this nice guy that i can't quite tag my feelings in tumblr and say 'i am so happy they are not together anymore'. Kent and Ayane's relationship isn't the most flower and bubbles type like that of Sawako and Kazehaya's. It's the most fragile in the manga. It's the least interesting. Tho, they are visually look good together. Kent confessed and was accepted by Ayane but all through out the manga, he's in the sidelines. As if, trying to look through the world of that manga. He got the least attention despite he's looks and personality.. both of his goofiness towards Sawako and he's boyfriend self to Ayane.

I remember a particular couple that felt like 'ouch, i wish they'll be together in the next life'.
Nana and Take of Bokura ga ita.

The manga tried to be subtle. the crappy subtleties.
readers were intrigued. readers got it tho.
and it's the next Pin and Ayane problem.
Pin itself.
All throughout this Ayane arc.. there's this shadow involved. lingering. in the office. with his spiky hair and his advises. During Ayane and Kent's relationship, there was these little moments of Pin and Ayane. In the office, in the rain, in the classroom, with the chocolates, in the stairs, while drinking, when Pin is trying not to look straight at Ayane, in the store, in the unexpected coincidences of going home..
I've seen them all. You saw it guys.
If Pin isn't there, it could have been tolerable. But he's there. He's waiting too. He's in his office, trying to do things while Ayane talks to her. He's there in the store when she's gone and wet under the rain. He got all the advises. He got serious and hot and mysterious after an unexpected glance that leave Ayane breathless and stunned. He got an umbrella and a garbage back to not get YOU wet and sick. He'll call your friend's boyfriend to look for you. He will support your career endeavors. He will wish you luck going abroad. He'll set you free.

I said to myself, how could i be happy for Pin and Ayane when Kent is crying because of rejection?
For now, i won't think of P and A that much. For now, I want Kent to be happy. I want Ayane to clear her mind and decide what she wants.
For now, I want the manga to li lo over these three.

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fymb

manga: Kimi ni todoke
Thoughts: ch 92, 93,

hi and happy

2014-06-11T08:34:00.000-07:00

Hello! Damn, it has been centuries ago since my last post. hehe. In here, it's summer! How's the weather there? Hope you doin fine with work and/or study!
Let's start with known anime and manga updates! hehe
*might contain spoilers

First, if you didn't know already, FREE! anime have a new season called FREE! Eternal Summer and it will be aired July in Japan. :)
Ao Haru ride anime will premiere July 7! The manga is starting to get interested with Kou being all enthusiastic getting Futaba back. Let's see about that.
Sankarea manga will end this November!
Hunter x hunter's Chimera Ant will be ending soon, 2 or 3 eps to go. It's manga was pushed through and continued!(and it's smashing!)
I am still enjoying Shiro's boob-grabbing incident in No game no life.
Also.. i love those cute but somewhat creepy red-eyed children in Black Bullet- which manga is going to end soon. I love cute Tina Sprout too!
Oh..Skip beat! manga latest updates these days is a must-read! idk, it's progressing with some light, and unexpected kissing! But I'm gonna be 75 the time they'll make babies i guess. lol
Hitsugi no Chaika is so damn funny. Chaika is so adorable and i can't get enough of her. I need some good action tho.
If you want to read Nisekyuu!!, read it in mangahere or mangafox. It's a funny collab bet. Haikyuu and Nisekoi!
My current manga obsession these days is Chihayafuru. I forgot the feels months ago but i'm so into it again by these latest chapters. I'll have another blog post for my Taichihaya ship rants (haha) but for now, expect tumblr posts of them together and Arata(hehe--i won't be biased at least).
Sidonia no kishi is a good anime.
Shoujo manga recommendations you say? Well, I am reading and finishing the works of IKUEMI Ryo. I love them all!
My favorite Haikyuu! player is Ryuunosuke.

That's it!

fymb

Nagi no Asukara-- so complicated

2014-02-20T20:12:00.004-08:00

The whole Nagi no Asukara fandom and shippers are as confused like as I was in answering my math problems when I was still studying the number-cursed subject.
Yes, it's that complicated.
Let me tell you about it.
From Crunchyroll: Nagi no Asukara is a drama-fantasy romance.
Long ago, all humans lived in the ocean. But some who longed for the land abandoned the ocean, casting off the special raiments granted to them by the sea god to adapt them to life under the sea...

Though mankind was divided into sea dwellers and land dwellers, each with different ways of thinking, they were all still fellow humans, and they continued to maintain contact as time went on.

Sakishima Hikari, Mukaido Manaka, Hiradaira Chisaki, and Isaki Kaname live in an undersea village, while Kihara Tsumugu lives on land.

When these middle school second-year land and sea dwellers meet for the first time, their hearts begin to undulate like the tides.

The youthful fantasy tale of these young people's lives unfolds in a strange and beautiful world.
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The whole point of the anime is just really as epic as the animation. The tale is so beautiful but the plot centered about these characters' lost and love. Romance-wise, this anime is a roller-coaster ride, focusing on every character's progression and downfall. The future is as blurred as the sea snow, the conclusion will totally be a surprise.

Watching an episode for me, is always a challenge. Playing the ep video and starting to watch is easy, but I always knew that episode per episode is a mystery yet to be solved. The dramatic cliffhanger will make you stick to it til the end.

The exciting part--and also the tiring part-- is the guessing of WHO IS ENDING WITH WHO?
With time, age differences, family connections and complications, friendships, homes, land and sea, and with other factors involved, how can someone choose a certain person he or she love, strong enough to burden the heartbreak of his/her friend?
How can Manaka choose Tsumugu when he's 5 years older--or worst yet, when he's so far away and Hikari was the one who saved her and woke her up?
How can Tsumugu choose between, Manaka who he liked years before, and Chisaki who he learned to cared and lived in with?
How can Miuna fight for her love for Hikari when Manaka is already awake?
How will Chisaki choose between 3 boys who are all closer to her?
How will Sayu burden the heartache of knowing Kaname still is in love with Chisaki?

The complication of this tale might make me feel bitter in the end, or might leave a bitter aftertaste, but the tale is so beautiful, I would just have to remember that.

*If you are curious who I ship, i'll tell you. While I still hope for these pairs to end up, the matter of how Nagi no Asukara conclude these characters with each other or apart is what I am expecting. I'll accept it- no matter what. The tale just won me over. The tangled mess of this story won me over.
*My heart belongs to Tsumugu, and if it's okay.. he should end up with me.. that will be better! JK!! Haha.. kidding aside..hm. Tsumugu and Manaka's connection awed me with those unexpected 'Catching Manaka'-with-the-net moments. So Tsumugu and Manaka shipper here. Chisaki is that girl that is so realistic and beautiful and strong and jealous and gorgeous and ambitious, she might end to someone wonderful in any way. You know what I mean? Hell, she can end with a smart surgeon and i'll be happy for her. My problem with her is that.. it is as if she was so lucky. As if, she got the lowest burden, and the only thing she wanted is someone, and her life will be perfect. Yeah, yeah.. I don't like her that much. So I want her to be miserable and alone.... No, i i am just kidding. HEHEH. Kaname love her and I love Kaname, but puh-leazz.. I just want him to be happy. Sayu will be okay, with Kaname or not. And with Hikari, of course, Miuna is so sweet and nice so.. I like them to be together.
*But these are just my hopes! >.<

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i am so ready for the last 6 episodes!
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fymb

New beginnings and old comfy ways :)

2013-12-31T15:22:00.001-08:00

2013 has been interesting and troublesome for all of us. The happiness and the sadness. The heartaches and sleepless nights. Imagine the terror, the hopelessness, the irony. The kisses, the hugs and the blushes. The bubbles, the dandelions, the spring. The heat, the wave and the sexiness. The red, the orange and the yellow. The snowflakes, the cold and the green teas(fave!-hehe)

Yes, my followers.. my life as a blogger sure is like the life out there.. outside. Sorry for the depth..but manga blogging sure got all the adjectives and nouns I used above. *chuckles* Those interesting new mangas I read. The troublesome mangas I hated to love. Those heartaches of the girl protagonists that were devastatingly hurtful. Sleeplessness nights for another manga chapter I wanted to read(and those anime updates too!). The terrors of manga update pending, hopelessness of my favorite manga translations and the irony of being able to be thankful after shouting to some translation sites for updates(inner shouts i mean). The kisses of those ships, the hugs of those friendzoned characters and the blushes of Mamura(Hirunaya no Ryuusei)--lol). The spring love of those oneshots I loved this year--i know I bombarded you guys with a lot of those. The summer episodes and the summer anime and the fanservice they all gave. Yes, I am talking to you, Free! guys. The fall of the fandoms of the manga and anime were finished and completed this year. The winter chills and the repeated greetings from yours truly. All above has been spent this year by me and you guys. So let me give you my gratefulness. Thank you!

I started Fymb in tumblr in May 2010, can you believe it? It will be 2014 soon and just you wait for more enthusiasm from me to come. :)
Life has been good, you should never doubt that. I won't compare you to the starving children in Africa because that will be a pity comparison. I would just like you to be thankful for the small things. If there's one thing I would want you to know guys is a new year is here because it's something to look forward to. Don't ever stress yourself. Love yourself. Be selfish. If it means loving yourself. It's okay to pamper yourself to make yourself feel good. Choose good thoughts. Don't be like some people who craves for attention, give yourself an attention by taking care of yourself. Don't let yourself down just because people don't understand you. Let them hear their words and then let them hear yours.

Write to me anytime.

Happy new year, followers!
-will still be here
-fymb

make my heart doki doki* list

2013-08-03T11:41:00.000-07:00

Just as sweet as title, yes.. i'll be enumerating my 5 shoujo romantic diabetic-hyperglycemic-inducing(lol) list of shoujo manga that i will totally be going to read this August!(future tumblr posts!-so better be following me there)

Before that.. let me tell you guys that i missed writing in here and be rest assured that I'll still fill up my blog once in a while, if I have time. The tumblog will go as my life goes--and as much as I want it to run. The connection of FYMB tumblr and blogspot sites is still here. :)

So..I'd thought of those popular mangas that are in good sales and filtered it(for now) with this popular manga genre: SHOUJO. This list is from June to present sales. (from source: mal- Japan-I am not in Japan tho)

This list contains selected manga/s that I haven't read yet. Some manga are in josei category. This manga list are always on sales so better look for them first in stores before reading them in any free manga reading sites online.

Let's break it down!(yow!)

1. Kobayashi ga Kawai Sugite Tsurai!!

Kobayashi Mitsuru and Kobayashi Megumi are twin brother and sister, with identical faces but radically different personalities: while Mitsuru is a confident charmer who wins the hearts of dozens of girls, Megumi is an average otaku who is in love with a virtual hero. Yet, the two's lives start to turn upside down after Mitsuru and Megumi switch roles.

2. ReRe Hello

Ririko is a hardworking girl who has been performing the role of a mother in her household after the death of her own one when she was five. When her father, a handyman, is stricken with illness and admitted to a hospital, Ririko decides to take up the role of a handyman to help her father's business in his absence. Her first client is a rich teenage boy with high expectations of his helpers. Will she be able to satisfy him?

3. Forget-me-not (Haru Meguru)

The story revolves around a high school girl, Umeno, who attempted suicide jumping in a river because she’s been bullied. She survived and now in the hospital she’ll meet patients of her generation that will encourage her daily and give her the strength to go on.

*inserted: Obata Yuuki's manga(creator of Bokura ga ita)

4. Akai Ito

A red thread exists between a guy and girl that are fated to be together, a bond that can’t be seen by the naked eye. Finally, this fated romantic love will begin to open its curtain.

5. Boukyaku no Shirushi to Hime

After 3662 blind dates, the 160-years-old Headless King that everyone fears of, is finally getting married! But when he faces the cute and gentle Princess, the King keeps hiding from her instead!? How will the Headless King and the Princess get to know each other?

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That's it!
Til next time! Just keep in touch and talk to me anytime in my tumblr account!
--fymb

Shingeki no Kyojin's music video?

2013-06-18T12:11:00.003-07:00

O.O
of course.. it's not true. the editing tho.
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fymb

the trait I don't like about some shoujo boys

2013-05-19T21:52:00.000-07:00

I've read too much shoujo manga that i can point out what i don't want in a boy protagonist in a particular manga. If I found it in one, it's either 'goodbye', or 'I can take it just as long as you update fast'. Because, i swear to you guys, authors with this same kind of character progression needs to know that boys naturally didn't decide stupidly in a shallow-as-ever problem. And i think, they didn't know that it's irritating. I believe boys are smart enough to know what is the difference between black and white.

Shoujo boys can't save the world by being with another girl because they can relate to them, or because they can't get out of her situation. Shoujo boys can't be stuck into a girl just because they are bound to help them. They can't be a martyr of a war that didn't even exist. You can't just be with a girl who's so sad that you can't be in a date with your girlfriend, for instance. Furthermore, a shoujo boy is not in a shounen one, who save everybody. They can't understand everyone. I believe that a shoujo guy got a lot of character progression because it centers, simply, by how he manage himself with the main girl or with the other girls. If they act stupid at some point, it should be because it's from a circumstance that still got a lot of challenge.

I've always spotted this kind of guy. They started fine.They possessed good guy traits like they save the main girl's small predicaments, or simply by starting to just be with the girl. They were built in a good guy facade that charms his way to a girl's heart. And then, the conflict arrives. You know, it would be okay and understandable that an ex-girlfriend or a past lover will come and shaken the main couple. It doesn't, however, if a certain girl can somehow make a guy stupid enough to act as if he doesn't know who he like. It's as if he's not stable enough both on his feelings or his decisions.

You might remember some manga which have these guy characters. These shallow, obviously stupid guy characters need to stop. Of course, there are no perfect guy, even in a fictional story, but this cliche' is a trend to make a manga interesting, but fails in a lot of things particularly in character development and depth.

To be fair, these guys are in a rough situation in some but the best guys weren't built from a shallow, stupid decisions, but a learn-able, fail-able failures that gets better. Which I think, are from good story conflicts.

I personally don't care if he doesn't end with the main girl. If in the end, he makes best decisions every time a good failure had been made. In short, why choose the mango, when your hands want the banana? Why did you say yes, when you are in the verge of saying no? Make up your own mind boy!(and some authors) I repeat, those guys can't save the world, and be like a konoha ninja when they are in a shoujo world. They can't even save all the damsel in distress just because they went through the same as them in the past. They can save either themselves or that only one damsel in distress.
*chuckles*

Last but definitely not the least, authors.. make up your mind. Make a charming but stupid in decision-making- guy(which is so damn stupid) or an introvert guy but a brave one in the end, and stick with it(for instance). Don't confuse readers. :P Make a lot of depth. Make a stable guy that is protagonist-worthy.

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with Love, (yes, i love authors still--lol) and from a manga reader,
fymb

Chihayafuru S2, ep 16 recap, late thoughts

2013-04-29T21:26:00.002-07:00

Hi! how's spring so far? spring here is taking its time real slow. the sprouts are there so that's good.

I forgot commenting about Chihayafuru, more over, posting it in tumblr because its a frickin' recap. :) The frustration! I feel you guys! Just when its getting better and better, they pulled of a effin recap. well played.well played. *nods*
I just noticed two simple things that made me think of the whole Chihayafuru anime/manga.

One is.. even in recaps, Arata got small air time. i somehow pity him(and the fans!). :( *chuckles*
As you all know, I sided more on Taichi but Arata will shine soon, i hope. :) Arata fans there are also waiting for his match, isn't it? Girl, his voice tho. That voice actor is so good. I love him. When I see Arata talk, I really wanted to listen to him every time.

Two, deym.. how cute Shinobu here?!

I feel somehow the mangaka loves this girl character. She's the best, you know what i mean? She does amazing karuta. She's cute when she wanted to. She can eat and get fat and get thin. She is admired by everyone. She's plain and goofy and wears t-shirt whenever she wants. She doesn't care about everybody(well, it really depends if this is a liability or asset). She does all her thing.The differences of her and Chihaya is so damn big. But when it comes to this character, everything is possible that somehow always ends in her in victory. Chihaya's difficulties in winning was all deserved because of her flaws. But if Shinobu will be defeated, I might not get through it. :)

good evening!

until next time!

fymb

3 more spring anime-- i watched

2013-04-09T10:12:00.001-07:00

here is the batch 2 from the first post about what animes i watched so far this start of spring.
you might wanna read the first one if you haven't read it yet here. xxx

I'll make this quick. I only got 3 more anime to add. Here are some of my first impressions.

7. Aku no hana

- ahh... how am I gonna start about this anime? People are having so many feelings about the animation and i kept my silence just for awhile because in the first place, it's a change. It's different. People are emotional and quick to judge about it. I started the same way. I didn't know much about the whole technicality of doing different kinds of animation but I automatically knew that this is different and so hard to get used to. The animation seems somewhat in slow motion but when you try to look at the movements, it's kinda normal when you look at the 3D people behind it. The audio, of course, the audio and the voices background is called... reality(no, I'm just kidding). Of course, people are in the background so the voices and chatters too, goddammit. *.*
I made a little research and the animation is called Rotoscoping. Although, the animation technique is different, it might not be good for this type of psychological manga. I think, it would be better being used in a drama in summer anime or something really slow and deep type of story. I read that the director insisted on the type of animation, if I'm not mistaken.
Watchers are expecting very cute, very sexy characters because the story is somewhat ecchi when you get deeper at the story. Fanservice, they wanted it. Hell, I don't know why but many people love cute, sexy, boobie girls singing in their anime/s. Or girls bathing in hotspring. (lol)
I keep patient during the episode 1 and I thought, why will I talk trash when I haven't see the rising plot when the boy sniff his crush's clothes? *haha*
In short, I wouldn't make much shit out of it when I haven't smell the whole shit at all. (haha--sorry for the words) I know it's quick to judge if we didn't know what's happening and it's so quicker to hate when you didn't understand.
It's different, yes it is. Get used to it, hell, we can't change it anyway. If you don't want it, read the manga. It's better. You'll get the story first. :)

8. Mushibugyou

-action, fantasy, historical, samurais, hot boys, average hero
- eyy... spiders!! I am so into historical manga/anime, and the spiders are bonus with the hot man saving the day after things got worst, so hell, I'll definitely be watching this anime!!

9. Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan)

-fantasy, action, freaking big titans smashing walls and eating people
-wow, this caught me off guard. I loved it. It's so frightening, It's awesome. hehe. The animation is so good that I want it HD in my flat screen with English dubs and surround sound.
- a recommendation if you didn't scare yourself about big gigantic muscular-system-mannequin-like titans bending mothers before eating them and smirking like hell-scary grins.

that's it!
*of course, these are all my opinions. Okay? Just, exaggerated some descriptive parts. *hehe
*do your homework first before watching anime!

fymb

6 spring anime -- watched! (and first impressions-)

2013-04-07T11:13:00.003-07:00

let me make this quick because i have many things to do. i'll make this like a quick, easy draft just to familiarize myself(and hopefully you) about them. I tend to forget their plots after a week especially if they are new and sometimes i neglect seeing them in the update. It's just all for me, isn't it?! laughs

1. Karneval
- man, the animation. the good quality when you see it will make you stick in the end. It is a fantasy action anime with two boys. One looks like that boy in Air Gear (hehe, if I'm not mistaken) and the other one looks like the boy in K anime. It would be nice if you try watching this. The circus theme is quite interesting.

2. Date a live
- fantasy, action and comedy
- watched the first ep and it was okayyy...
- to be honest, i could just drop this but i wouldn't just because I'm going to see if I'll be wrong for thinking of dropping this in the first place.
- It's all about a certain org. trying to fight a "spirit"--not the ordinary type, more like a cute, flying and fighting type of spirit. The whole plan(and maybe the whole anime) will be about a high-school boy (brother in law of the commander of the organization) mission to make the said 'spirit' fall in love with him just to save the whole and prevent for further disasters.
- with all the cute girls everywhere, of course.

3. Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru.
- romantic comedy
- about a no-social-life high school boy being assigned into a club by his teacher, which is run by the prettiest girl in school.
- definitely the no-blushing type of anime
- you'll be very intrigued how they'll work out because the differences (with a little similarities) were being obviously laid out at the first episode.
- i felt like, the boy protagonist looks like the boy in Sankarea

4. Hataraku Maou-sama!

- definitely watching this whole anime

- comedy, fantasy, shounen, demons

- it's about a demon king who make burgers, rides bike, shares his umbrella, freaks out when the machine is broken, does all the things for making a salary just to pay their rent (heh)

- the demon language is weird (lol)

5. Photo Kano

- oh man, sometime i feel like i'm too high in standards for looking for an anime that will kick off my butt

- i mean, it's really nostalgic everytime i see this kind

- highschool boy with his camera and taking pictures of all the girls in school--come on!

- lots of panties, skirts, scenery

6. Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge

- i am definitely watching this just because it's so romantic with a touch of darkness in it

- the idea is clever, i mean.. a pair of scissors of death! (haha..)

- no, seriously

*yes guys, i am sorry no Utapri. Mainly because I dropped the first season! i have to start all over again.

*that's it, for now!

*'i'll make the next batch soon

fymb

Tamako Market: mochi!

2013-03-27T19:44:00.001-07:00

Tamako Market has been one of our favorite anime this winter. No question about that. I also felt like every week I'm looking forward for Tamako's free spirit, Dera's fluffiness and his effort to always fly high that makes me squirm everytime, Mochizou's interest and kindness to Tamako, and Kanna's adorableness(so she's joking about giving the hammer). I'm gonna miss all of it. I am gonna miss the flower shop too because i love flowers and the good animation makes me love them even more :)

But they say, all good things must come to an end. I think the last episode sum-up the anime pretty nicely. What makes me a little bit irritated inside is that some watchers want more of Mochi and Tamako. I mean come on, they are like elementary students and the girl is happy making mochi and dance and twirl her baton so don't expect to go out and wave a different baton! (ahahaha-- i'm sorry--).. if you know what i mean. You can't expect a making out scene, holding hands while walking, or a child of Mochi and Tamako because for God's sake they are teenagers who use paper cups in communicating. The subtle hints, the eyebags and the gifts inside the drawers are all good old first love or puppy love that, believe me or not, will take time. This is a slice of life and comedy anime that if you haven't watched it, must indulge every episode to make your day a little bit lighter if you happened to finished Naruto episode before it.

On the lighter side, who noticed this?

Did you think what I'm thinking?

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rating: 8/10

'til the next anime review!

fymb

hxh: my inner fangirl

2013-03-24T09:45:00.002-07:00

when you grew with a certain anime that was so close to your heart especially when you still watching it for the second time with its another version 10 years or more after, that's really something. :)
you notice things. you feel the nostalgia of your inner kid-even tho it's still there and actually never leave. you smile every time you started a new episode. you sing along with the opening and closing songs.

you love the characters more. you get to know them.

i am not that crazy fangirl who ship everyone and write a fanfiction of them. but if i'll become one for the entire day(and i say if--not when--lol), i'll ship Hisoka and Machi to death.

We all know that he does have an interest towards Machi. He likes her abilities too. He always ask her out when he have time which is funny because she always turns him down. They paired often in missions too. Machi's loyalty to Chrollo comes first tho and Hisoka's zeal isn't reciprocated. :(

here are some scenes between the two (you are welcome, fangirl!)
--ep 32, 72(hunter x hunter, 2011); original hunter x hunter

The care to join me for a dinner tonight?

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Are you serious about fighting the boss?

Of course, i am.

Would you prefer that i survive, or that Chrollo survive?

A stupid question. Once you finish your job here, you can die for all i care.

And if i kill Chrollo, then what?

That would be impossible. But i'll answer your question. I will pursue you to the ends of the earth to kill you.

I like the sound of that.

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fymb

swingggg!!!

well, that's a tease

2013-03-22T10:34:00.001-07:00

Psycho-pass last episode thoughts:

we temporarily forgot about these two femme fatale girls and their 'relationship' that was so subtle at the beginning and yet not so much as fans clearly fathomed from the first few moments from episode one. as we are all kept in our seats the whole time focusing on Makishima and the half-naked Shinya kicking the sand bag(yes, that's how i will remember his ass-lol), these two were all along in their own little world. the creator somehow needed a little 'girl love' of his not-so-moe new world and bureaucratic-society type of anime.

we were then surprised at the final episode unto how bold these two were. at the end, it felt like a little easier to accept the final episode looking at these two. The second season feels like the clue for all the questions left unanswered. For instance, where the hell is Shinya? Or, the most important question is on to how far Sibyl System can go for creating and maintaining a perfect world? How far the system act their so-called logic and psycho-pass level?

One thing i definitely know is that, the new girl is still the new girl and nothing more if this anime didn't gets its second season. I know, Akane is a little tougher trying to make herself a barrier, a balance between the system which can alert the society's level of going good or bad, and the disadvantages of it which is somehow makes her feel that every act is different and that the world is not determined by only black or white, or how high or low your level in your Psycho-pass.

rating: 4/5 stars
fymb

the plant

2013-03-06T12:46:00.000-08:00

short blog post: (coz i have a lot to watch-hehe): definitely a random i-have-got-to-say-this thought.

have you watched the AMNESIA ep 9?

i have this screenshot when heroine poured the coffee in a plant.

and i was like, i knew that plant. we have this in our living room. though we aren't really have knowledge to take care of plants that much, we are mature enough to know that it shouldn't be poured by a fuckin hot coffee. heh. it's pretty nice to look an anime of the plant which is more gorgeous that the original living one. maybe i appreciated this plant more because of this amnesia episode. i don't like this plant before. *chuckles*

Toma had been really crazily protective, isn't it? tho, i said it's crazy. he put her into a cage smaller that her cabinet. dammit. if i were her, i'll be panting because he induced claustrophobia in me. sick. :(

fymb

cries

2013-01-23T23:10:00.001-08:00

i'll try really hard to be fair, okay? but.. i am always fair tho. :3
yeah.. it's a Vampire knight blog post. read?

ahm, lemme see. the first time i read about vampire knight, Kaname was built as someone whom Yuki admire. I remember the Valentine's day/Birthday(ican'trecall) chapter when Kaname received a lot of chocolates and gifts. He ordered his classmate to get the rest but he got that one particular gift that matters to him. A gift from Yuki. So I totally realized from that point, 'hey, they're really cute together' and i shipped them as if i knew they'll be together along the way.

Turns out, a fangirl needs a lot of thinking. Until now i've been reading the manga, and stressing my life out of the three main characters. And.. the funny thing is.. i changed perspectives.. including the one i rooted for from the start. For me, my basis of choosing the right guy to a girl protagonist(hm.. let's just say,-- to a really deserving girl) is on how he was turned out to be as solid as from the beginning. I personally don't like characters who does think of things that will make a bigger complication between who he loves. I don't want him to be selfish just so he's clear enough not to be hurting the girl, so he'll do a stupid thing like hurting and killing other people. And don't make that crappy reason of 'because i want you to be safe', well.. hell, the girl is safe but half of your race has suffered and dead!!! (i got carried away, isn't it?--lol) I don't want to feel a fuckin' feeling like i've been reading a shoujo manga all this time and read a fuckin' misunderstanding, i-didn't-anticipate-he'll-be-inlove-with-you bullshit!

*calms*

bullets:

the chapter started with Yuki erasing Zero's memories-- Kaito was right, that was a vampire sense of selfishness. To 'save him'. * but of course, he'll remember things eventually*. And of course, think of this, if Yuki is out of Zero's mind, the cheating doesn't really happened. She said clearly that they can't be together from the last few chapters when they were travelling. Tho, again, they kissed during the ball, right? then, she saw Kaname afterwards. *oh girl..*
the truth came out when Kaname just wanted to make Yuki safe after calling her a traitor(which isn't true?) and a hindrance(which isn't true?) at the few chapters before.
honestly, even if Yuki and Kaname loves each other which has been portrayed in the chapter, it left a bitter aftertaste in me. The flirting and the reunion and the words aren't sweet to me. urgh. (i am sorry, YuMe fans). I felt the same feeling when they ran together back from the academy. It should be really sweet for me, i was a Kaname fan back there. I wanted them to be together.
They had sex. Well, Yuki had some action there. *lol* But she's crying. Okay, Is she crying because finally she's with Kaname that intimate, or she has plans?
-- It's like.. 'oh, you cared, i thought you left me and not being humane again but i'm not letting you go because then you'll lie and run way and you were more lonely than the rest of us' 'oh, i am not going anywhere now'. 'Ok, let's have some smokin' sex because we reconcile and we love each other' -bs! The end. haha. (i am just kidding guys..)
many people believe that someone will die, Kaname, or both Kaname and Yuki. The author needs to fuckin' straighten up her shit about ending this manga because hell will break loose. With the dying predictions, come on guys, don't be mean. Ok.. let Yuki be, at least. (joke!)

The characters, for me, are built unfairly. I mean, if kaname and Yuki, for instance is for each other in the end, at least Zero must have to have a great fight for her along the story. I acknowledge but then that Kaname and Yuki had some shares of heartaches too. I think it's not really right/nice to express feelings that can make the two boys hope for love. Tho Yuki and Zero weren't once a true couple(aren't they?), and Yuki always choose Kaname(oh, don't argue with me with this) even if the reason is mainly bec. they are related, which is I am sure it is not the reason.. Yuki must have had this strong decision to whom she'll give her heart to at the first place. I think they both thinking about being with and saving each other, and Zero left unsatisfied and hurt at the side lines and totally frustrated. i just don't like a girl who doesn't have strong sense of confidence and unwavering feeling enough to tell and express her love to whoever she chooses. being naive is a turn off.
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let's think positive, Yume supporters are on fire! :)
Zeki supporters, let's not lose hope!
Yuki supporters.. hm, i heard.. "you, go girl!" screams there..
me: honestly,????????
The fuck!! Zero my poor Zero. ican't even. let me love you. lemmee.. I want you to be happy. Forget Yuki, you'll be better off alone or with another deserving girl who is smart enough to know her own emotions and know who she really love.
me:....
me: let's end this shit. it's so stressful!

notes:
*sorry for the bad words. *puppy dog eyes*
*last arc, last arc..
*acceptance
*nononono
*haha
*please, VK, please end already.
*you know what i thought about the ending? Even if she'll' end up to one or to no one, i won't be satisfied by it, if i will be, i think it's because it had ended already and might find myself smiling. It feels like the journey is very stressful as a reader. knowing that along the way that my perceptions about the whole manga about containing scenes that were twisted and unfair, characters feels like being built with disappointmental flaws, unfairness among side characters, decisions left not being straighten and confusing scenes being confusing much more along the next preceding chapters that made some readers left confused and left in a deserted island knowing only on just how far Yuki had been different(some even quit reading the series), i couldn't be more happy if this manga will end tomorrow. Being with my selfish side today, i wanted a closure just so i might ('migh't okay?) reread it from the beginning up to the end. i might find myself understanding how the story evolved. Because i believed something went wrong along the way that felt really weird.

Just by talking about it, still vampire knight fans are still with zeal about the manga. Bravo, Hino Matsuri, Bravo! (sarcasm)--lol

im out!
fymb
*disclaimer: nah... it's all my thoughts, so sorry im not sorry about the typos--typed really fast.. (eheh) peace, guys! happy reading!
*first things first! do homework, finish job, do your chores before internet surfing! :)

the Big 12 of 2012 (for me!)

2013-01-01T10:35:00.002-08:00

i know i told you about listing and enumerating my top-ten favorite manga i read this 2012, but i'll extend it to 12 because it's in the year 2012 and ah-- to be honest i had read so much manga this year. imagine it. so.. i'll do my best to narrow it down and choose the best manga I've read. though, these manga were published either started from the year 1993 to onward. it's just that I've read it within this year and i had fun reading it. i also scrolled it in my list so it's alphabetically being narrowed. and this list was like cut until letter H or T. *laughs*
Anyways, these bunch is among the best. :)
this list is in no particular order. it doesn't mean i started mentioning it at number 1, it had been my fave. remember, no reader doesn't have a favorite, he have favorites.
Some of these manga are on-going and still being published in their respective future dates.
1. Heroine Shikkaku
- what i like about this manga is that it is hilariously entertaining. imagine a beautiful, confident but clingy and emotional girl having unrequited love to her childhood friend. the funny thing is the guy had a girlfriend recently who let's just say, is plain yet really kind. Hatori on the other hand is at her limits after the revelation and the sudden realization of her feelings that she now believed should be given back. She believes that in her love story, she is a heroine and her childhood friend Rita, is her hero. It comprises chapters of funny scenes of Hatori and her plans to make sure that in the end Rita will fall in love with her.
2. Hachimitsu ni hatsukoi
- 2 childhood friends, cliche' right? but.. nothing hurts.
3. Moyashi Otoko to Tane Shoujo
- happy endings? not that fast. this sure will break your heart but will make you smile because sometimes, he's not the one. i made a post about this. here: x
4. Kamisama Kiss
- there are manga that should be started by watching and finishing the anime first if available. this is one of them. i had this supressed excitement when reading the manga. i stopped reading it just so i have to compare the anime with it. i finished the anime first and i now continue reading the manga updates. to be honest, i'm still half-way in the manga. i am still in chapter 44, i think. i'm enjoying the manga. i have this tendency to be confused when reading manga and watching the anime at the same time. Usually you compare the animation with the 2D, but when it comes to this manga, i appreciate the animation more even if it was cut short in ep 13 and some of the chapters were skipped. sometimes we nedd to wathc them moving. the funny, romantic scenes in the anime is to die for. i have high hopes for OVAs and a second season. :)
5. Ao haru ride
- this manga won me even before. i automatically inserted it in my list of favorites the first time i read this manga way back though i loved Strobe edge first. i love the mangaka, with her art and style immediately. i loved Kyou every chapter updates. What made me a little disappointed was the chapter that many readers were disappointed too. but i get it, this is a new twist, or progression, or whatever it is. i get it that sometimes characters may or may not do something stupid. i totally get it that characters aren't there to please readers. Though the character progression of Kyou was a little abrupt. In my opinion, Kyou was being built a very opened guy which compared to other characters in other manga who are different to fathom. I've read some comments that a certain chapter if you are updated, made them compare in similarities to other manga. it could have been original. but.. i don't know.. let's see. i wouldn't be surprised if the next chapter will reveal a misunderstanding chapter(which of course you can't blame me to compare to other manga now).
6. Black bird
- Kyo has been well loved and consistent in the manga. Though the girl protagonist needs to always being rescued, the manga progress smoothly and have no boring chapters. still one of the best. i got really spoiled for the next new chapters. still one of my fave this year.
7. Hana ni kedamono
- a typical naive girl, beautiful guy, school-based manga and nice art.
8. Kore wa koi no hanashi
- if there is one manga i would like to keep it to myself, this is the one. *haha*. because, i don't want it to be stained by the not-so- fans of this type of manga. i read it with no bitterness and i have my opinion over the story. i just don't want people to criticize a manga they doesn't read yet up to the end. they are some too who express their interpretation over the manga and i get that.for me, the mangaka's interpretation shouldn't be always your interpetation too. you have to own what you read. i just learned about that having to read a lot of manga and books these past years. you should own it and be humble. the book is being owned by the reader not the author.
9. Taiyou no ie
- very cute though the updates are slow, but very, very cute.

10. 5-Ji kara 9-ji made
- the boy protagonist doesn't have the qualities to be one but the story sure is interesting.

11. Akatsuki no Yona
- i've read manga similar to this. like, the princess's family or father was dead, she was kidnapped or being rescued by her childhood friend for a quest or something. the story is funny, and it updates fast sometimes and the title is catchy i guess. *tee hee*

12. Bokura wa itsumo
- very cute

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i just can't pick 12, right?! *smiles* (here are some others):

1. Kuroko no basket-- hilarious, lovable characters. pick your hero and build an empire! *junpei fan here*

2. Skip beat! -- the emotions every time it updates drives me and my followers insane! if you haven't read this, you're missing half of your otaku life!

3.Good ending -- i don't know, i find myself needing to read this when it updates. the mangaka is having a good time twisting and turning the story that i have to wait what he/she will offer next..

4. Horimiya -- one of my fave! Miyamura took my heart away! the fetishly-drawn face of him is obvious. the mangaka loves sketching the guy.

5. Hibi chouchou -- a lot of stares, a lot of cute scenes, the boy is starting to make me irritated but.. hell.. i'll continue reading this.

i have a lot really but i have to stop now. :)

new year message:

HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS! this has been a wonderful blogging year. i don't just gained more followers(and lost some) but i had a happy experience reading, cropping, answering messages and recommending manga. i look forward for another year of unending joy. i want everybody to choose happiness no matter what. i want everybody to gain wisdom. i want to let you guys know that having a better world starts with spreading good.

be good. do the right thing. we aren't perfect but i believe that we are mature enough to do what is right.

stick around! ;)

2012 is out.

2013 is in.

fymb

last episodes

2012-12-28T21:58:00.001-08:00

i actually knew already why many people say that fall anime/s are usually are great anime/s. i enjoyed some of the anime streamed this season and i know we have to say goodbye to some of them. which leaves us..to our normal lives in a bit.*chuckles*
okay.. or not. admit it.. winter anime/s is coming and new anime/s won't hurt, right?

let's say goodbye to some of my choices(usually the anime are enjoyed watching)
1. Btooom!
-- i need a second season right now! the ending is a cliffhanger?!! and for God's sake, they didn't gotten off yet from that island! The romance is as simple as it is, but the action could give us entertainment. i would love to read the manga now!(i stopped reading because i like to watch the whole anime first)
rate: 4.5./5
2. Kamisama kiss
-- this anime brought a smile on my face everytime it updates, but the late subtitles brought wrath from my heart! *haha*. when you can't understand Japanese, you will know why have these feelings everytime i see the word "RAW" in the episode update! the story is a very joyful, romantic and sweet one. you probably guessed when Nanami first had feelings with tomoe. You probably guessed when Tomoe had already feelings with Nanami. you probably had guessed when he denied falling in love with the human girl? you probably guessed Mikage's presence in some of the episodes. you probably ship nanami with each of the boys. You probably were amazed how Nanami say all the right words, all the sweet and innocent words that always caught Tomoe off guard. You probably didn't guessed how many reblogs of kamisama hajimemashita posts you posted on your tumblr, because every scenes are either hilarious or purely romantic.
-- So if you enjoy the anime, you might gonna enjoy the manga as some of the scenes were cut -off probably a sign of an OVA or season 2 project in the future. :)
rate: 5/5
3. K project
--the first few episodes, i admit, i got bored. i don't know. it was my early favorites, but along the way, i don't know to whom i put my attention to. all the characters are strong that i got lost to whom i will root for. but in the last few episodes, i was surprised about the revelations. maybe i got cut short to when i started enjoying. the complete seven kings didn't even got their appearances. i saw just 5(correct me if im wrong). i don't know. the fight of Blue and Red King doesn't gave an impact in me. I still loved the fight of Fushimi and Yata(the one with skateboard) at the first few eps.
rate: 3.5/5
4. SAO
--i believed this anime got a lot of audience. my friends got the news that this anime is badass. the funny thing is, they discovered it 22 episodes after.
--i enjoyed the first arc more than the second one. mainly because, the building of a world really bought me and the action scenes and the details/mechanics of the game. Many characters too are involved with the first one. the second one focuses on saving Asuna and i missed seeing her fight. She's a bad ass. i could have laughed if once she hit his captor. the almost-rape scene is really a disturbing one, isn't it?
--what i really love is the relationship of Kirito with his cousin. the remember the time his cousin fall in love with him big time and admitted it, and Kirito said, "I am sorry." well..that hurts.. straight to the feels!
--one thing though, i know it will be probably a bad side of me to think that when in a game, i believe you don't have a sudden strength to power-up again!(except for the save thing or whatever) i mean, come on, once you're dead, you're dead, right? *hehe* well, Kirito had been saved many times. and yeah.. yeah.. i am bad.
--but.. the hero comes winning, isn't it? no matter what? *smiles*
rate: 5./5
5. Chitose get you!!
--many of my followers didn't usually watch comedies, i noticed. my posts got like 3 or 4 when i post scenes from it. i was getting the hang of it every week and if i could watch this hilarious anime for my whole life, i would. i read this manga and i have to stop because i am lazy at times. the comedy is much funnier.
rate:4/5
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that's it for now!
fymb

fuck yeah mangaboys!

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fall anime things and others

to like or not to like

viewing/reading updates, summer, skip beat, etc. and maybe some spoilers

it's still running

this time..i will bring..(you know what's next..)

no one's marrying someone yet.. (lol)

the pin and ayane problem

hi and happy

Nagi no Asukara-- so complicated

New beginnings and old comfy ways :)

make my heart doki doki* list

Shingeki no Kyojin's music video?

the trait I don't like about some shoujo boys

Chihayafuru S2, ep 16 recap, late thoughts

3 more spring anime-- i watched

6 spring anime -- watched! (and first impressions-)

4. Hataraku Maou-sama!

- definitely watching this whole anime

- comedy, fantasy, shounen, demons

- it's about a demon king who make burgers, rides bike, shares his umbrella, freaks out when the machine is broken, does all the things for making a salary just to pay their rent (heh)

5. Photo Kano

- oh man, sometime i feel like i'm too high in standards for looking for an anime that will kick off my butt

- i mean, it's really nostalgic everytime i see this kind

- highschool boy with his camera and taking pictures of all the girls in school--come on!

- lots of panties, skirts, scenery

6. Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge

- i am definitely watching this just because it's so romantic with a touch of darkness in it

- the idea is clever, i mean.. a pair of scissors of death! (haha..)

- no, seriously *yes guys, i am sorry no Utapri. Mainly because I dropped the first season! i have to start all over again.

*that's it, for now!

*'i'll make the next batch soon

fymb

Tamako Market: mochi!

hxh: my inner fangirl

well, that's a tease

the plant

*cries*

the Big 12 of 2012 (for me!)

last episodes

- no, seriously

*yes guys, i am sorry no Utapri. Mainly because I dropped the first season! i have to start all over again.

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