tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88336692009-02-25T19:34:14.842+08:00Good eye sniper, I shoot, you run.takejironoreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833669.post-62250217646950492992009-01-19T23:23:00.002+08:002009-01-19T23:36:46.906+08:002009-01-19T23:36:46.906+08:00

お久しぶりです。 It's been a while. I've been lying low too long a certain friend complained. You know who you are. So I think it's time to post something. I want to revive my 7seeds project sometime this year. In a few months or so, I should be able to come up with something. In the meantime, I would like to recommend a shonen series, Soul Eater. It's done by my favorite animation studio, Bones.

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To all those who supported my scanlations, I would like to give you my deepest thanks. Through this project I was able to feel fulfilled and happy that I was serving other fans. Takejiro will no longer be releasing other chapters. Storm in Heaven will continue the project so do not fret. They have come to rescue me in the most apt time as I am currently emotionally and physically unable to

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Takejiro is in a terrible terrible situation right now. But she's still doing her best to release these scans. I hope you enjoy. I will try to keep going.Chapter 33

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Thanks to Uruner for helping out!Get it here.

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Thanks to Nina for helping me get chapter 30 done!Chapter 30Chapter 31I'm confused with the chapter numbers now. The next one says 7 in the same book...Maybe I'll get away by saying it's Volume 6 Chapter 32...The next one will be out next week. :)

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Trying to get the hang of it. I welcome any feedback. Anything to improve our 7 seeds experience. :)Grab chapter 29 here.Translators are very welcome! As you can already see I can't cover everything. Just send an email to takejiro.takejiro@gmail.com. I already have a willing raw provider.

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Here's the next chapter. Thanks to meliadoul for sharing the raws.

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I avoided researching about this movie before I watched it so that I wouldn't expect too much and be disappointed. I initially thought this was something like Toki wo Kakeru Shojou, giving a light Sunday afternoon aura. Well the bright palette and smiling faces on the DVD cover led me to think that. I was so wrong. The violence and twistedness of the story is beautifully rendered in pastel

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It's summer vacation! And as promised, I worked on my scanlation baby. It took 6 hours total to translate, scan, clean, and rewrite. Please buy the book when it comes out and support the authors!Get it here.

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I'm a very visual person. This affects my taste in manga. With the absence of bishies, it's easy for me to give up on a series. That's why I couldn't go on reading Lucky Star. I don't know how I convinced myself to finally start One Piece where the lead guy looks like a slim Totoro in human form. It was a dangerous move. I did it the same time as the school's finals. I ended up scrapping

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Because I have low EQ, I bought volumes 6-8 and read it raw. The scanlated version is currently up to volume 5 only. And so, I'm going to try and start scanlating it on my own. This is for the sake of 日本語勉強. It took me 2 hours to translate chapter 27. And I still have to scan and overwrite it. This is so exciting...

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Shojou fans delight. After Goong, I longed for something similar. I love gods, princes, and beautiful kimonos. And so mangatraders gave me this one. The art is spectacular. The characters are so beautiful I'm enamored by both the men and the women. I've only read 5 volumes and the series is ongoing but it's very promising. Love love it. Now the agonizing wait for the next chapters has

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Who says 4-panel comics is outdated? I'm having a crazy time with the girls in Lucky Star. Somehow I can relate (a lot) to Konata-chan. It's an ongoing series which began in 2004. I tried the anime but I'm content with the manga. The art is hideous and annoyingly cute in my opinion but the dialog is just genius.Rating: Recommended

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Episode Count: 26Genre: Sci-fi 70% Action 20% Comedy 5% Drama 5%Broadcast period: Summer 2007Recommended to me by a fellow otaku, Ryan. This is what you get when you cross The Crow and Cowboy Bebop. Pretty boy (Hei) included. And he's the only reason I watched this series until the end. . This is Japanese anime yet the lead character is Chinese. Never thought that was possible. The way they

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I loved Ouran High's special chapter. It made me reminisce about the first time I came here in Japan. It also rained when I arrived. It's so funny how Tamaki-kun and I were thinking the same things.

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I'm on an anime roll! Been watching a lot lately. It keeps me alive.Episode Count: 12Genre: Samurai, Seinen 200%Broadcast Period: Summer 2007If you thought Afro Samurai or Ninja Scroll was too graphic, think again. With Shigurui you get an overdose of blood and gore and so much more. What with the convenient transition from eyeballs to munching watermelons...But you get to witness superb

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I'm going to start cleaning up this messy blog by moving my food-related posts to my tumblr account. It's experimental right now. I will post pictures mostly and I will try to update it as often as possible also.

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Episode Count: 26Broadcast Period: Summer 2007Genre: Fantasy Epic Adventure 60%, Action 30%, Drama 7%, Romance 3%As I was looking for something similar to Samurai Champloo, I stumbled on this thanks to the recommendations in mangatraders.com. This anime was based on a novel spanning several volumes and this is just a small piece of the pie. The story is about a female bodyguard tasked with

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Episode Count: 26Broadcast period: Spring-Winter 2007Genre: Adventure 45%, Sci-fi 45%, Drama 10%This anime was recommended to me by a friend who is doing some masters research on augmented reality. I'm studying reverse engineering and I only get Ben Affleck's movie but my friend gets an anime! Life is unfair.The story revolves around a bunch of young kids with kickass toys...glasses that enable

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Genre: Drama 35% Family 50% Romance 15%Chapters: 33This is a story of a bishie, Kippei who suddenly becomes responsible for taking care of his young female cousin, Yuzuyu, who was abandoned by her mother. Kippei finds himself learning how to make bento and rushing after school to pick up cute little Yuzuyu.The plot is light and gives more emphasis on the characters. I liked reading about

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Duran Duran - Skin DiversFolk Implosion - Natural OneThe Mars Volta - TelevatorsPlacebo - Every you Every meAudioslave - OutshinedQueens of the Stone Age - Make It Wit ChuArticle A - What's the PointThe Kills - URA FeverOperator - DelicateSoul Asylum - Misery (Thanks to Clerks II)Corinne Bailey Rae - Like A StarBetter Than Ezra - Extra Ordinary

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Episode Count: 11Broadcast Period: Winter 2007Genre: 20% Romance, 70% DramaA blind girl walks into a flower shop. A kid wears a mask to hide her face from her Daddy. A father grieves for his lost daughter. The mystery surrounding the characters in this series was interesting but I still tried to avoid it simply because it wasn't a comedy. I ended up watching it anyway as I had too much free

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Just kidding. I found out they were on tour from Facebook. I'm not that familiar with these guys however. I looked them up and good old Wikipedia says they've been around since 2001. And I only knew 4 out of 7 singles. But I love those songs nevertheless. I remember listening to Televators on NU107 years ago and I dug it but not enough to find out who they were and buy the record. I didn't

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A fellow ryuugakusei asked if I could recommend some Filipino music for him to play. He's into jazzy stuff. But I could only think of the list below. And it's 90% female-led.Imago - AlayImago - Akap Session Road - Suntok Sa BuwanSession Road - Eager AngelsSession Road - Leaving YouCynthia Alexander - Owner of the SkyCynthia Alexander - Comfort In Your StrangenessEraserheads - With A

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I happened to see this because a friend of mine gave me a copy and I just had nothing else to do. And as I had expected, it was worthless. The Naruto movie was better. The animation was poorly done. The action sequences were not even exciting. This is one of those movies with stupid plots that I will never forgive. The villains were not interesting either. This production is proof that the

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