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ef ~ a tale of memories

2008-01-05T16:40:00.000+08:00

ef ~ a tale of memories is a anime that is published in Japan. The first vintage is on 2007-08-24. The genres are Drama, Psychological, Romance and Supernatural.

Summary:The anime revolves around two protagonists, Hirono Hiro and Asou Renji. On Christmas Eve, Hirono Hiro meets a girl named Miyamura Miyako who was chasing a purse snatcher. Hiro later finds out that Miyako also goes to the same school as he does and they start hanging out together. This made Hiro's childhood friend, Shindou Kei, feel left out. Kei then tries to compete with Miyako for Hiro's affection and a love triangle ensues. The anime also tells the story of Asou Renji. Renji meets a girl named Shindou Chihiro at an abandoned train station. He soon learns that Chihiro suffers from a type of amnesia where her memory span only lasts for 13 hours. He also discovers Chihiro's dream of writing a novel, but she has never been able to fulfill that dream due to her condition. Renji then decides to help her fulfill that dream.
The story revolves around the protagonist Hirono Hiro, a poor high school boy who draws shoujo manga for his living. One cold Christmas night after meeting a very strange woman in church, his bike gets stolen by another strange girl. He runs after her and finds her collapsed on the street. Her name is Miyamura Miyako and her bag got stolen by a man on a motorbike. Soon after, they start hanging out together, enjoying highschool life and whatnot. Hiro's life is also strongly dictated by Shindou Kei, his childhood friend.

Episode Titles:
1. eve
2. upon a time
3. paradox
4. honestly
5. outline
6. rain
7. I...
8. clear colour
9. forget me not
10. I'm here
11. ever forever
12. love dream (coda)

If you take the first letter of each of the episode titles, it'll spell out "euphoric field", the title of the opening theme song.

SUMMARIES

1.eve
Renji Aso meets Chihiro Shindo at an abandoned train station one day after school, and returns to the same stations several days in a row to meet with her again, finally becoming friends with her on the third day. While out during Christmas heading to his friend's Christmas party, Hiro Hirono stops near a church where his bike his stolen by a girl who passes by chasing a purse snatcher. After catching up to her, he spends the rest of the night with her and finds out her name is Miyako Miyamura.

2.Upon A Time
While ditching classes, Hiro runs into Miyako again, finding out that she is in the same year as him attending the same school, though in a different class. She finds out that he is already an established manga author which is the reason why he does not attend classes much. Kyosuke Tsutsumi continues to ponder over the brief shot he got of Kei running through the city on Christmas, though he does not recognize her. Renji meets again with Chihiro and becomes closer with her. He eventually finds out from her that she has a memory defect where she cannot remember anything past thirteen hours previous.

3.Paradox
Renji continues to meets with Chihiro every day after school, though he wonders if he should continue with such a half-hearted attitude. It rains one day after school, so Renji does not go to meet Chihiro, thinking that she would not come under the circumstances, but she comes anyway and manages to catch a cold, something Renji feels terrible about later on. Hiro goes out during school with Miya into town and they have lunch at a café. After Hiro accidentally forgets her given name, Miyako leaves him behind at the café. Kyosuke quits the film club, and even breaks up with his girlfriend.

4.Honesty
Renji sees Chihiro for the first time after she gets over her cold and apologizes for not coming last time. Renji asks her if she would like to write a novel with him, as she had said earlier that it was her dream to write one, but Chihiro gets very defensive and angry at his request. After talking with her more on the issue, Chihiro finally gives in to his persistence. Kyosuke sees Kei again in town and finally realizes she was the one he filmed on Christmas. Hiro meets with Miyako in town and she goes back to his place while he works on his manga. Miyako reads some of Hiro's manga, and as an act to show her gratitude, she cooks food for him. Kei walks in on them together, and runs off.

5.Outline
Renji brings Chihiro to his home where she meets his mother and Shuichi Kuze, though she has merely forgotten Shuichi many times over. After they eat, Chihiro gives Renji a notebook with her notes for her novel which he reads after she leaves for the day. He finds that the novel is rather depressing and representative of Chihiro's life. At school, Kei tries to get Miyako to leave Hiro alone so he will not have to repeat a year of school, but Miyako talks down to her the entire time. Kyosuke films Kei in the morning while she is taking a basketball shot, and she punches him in the gut for filming her without permission. He later asks her to go out with him via Hiro's help.

6.Rain
It turns out that Kyosuke asking Kei out was a ploy on his part as a lead in to ask her if she wanted to star in an amateur film he is making for an upcoming film festival. Hirono and Kyosuke get into an argument over the differences between being a professional and an amateur, ending with Kei interjecting, saying she has not decided if she will choose to be cast in Kyosuke's film or not. Later, Kei informs Miyako in an intense discussion that Miyako will eventually disappear from Hirono's heart (she actually says "I will erase you from his memories"). On Sunday, Kei gets hurt at the basketball match and Hirono stands up Miyako on a date they were supposed to go on to make sure Kei is all right. Meanwhile, Chihiro continues to write her novel and Renji helps her by borrowing a uniform from Shuichi so that they can enter the school's library to research materials for the novel.

7.I...
Renji and Chihiro continue work on the novel at his school's library and they manage to get to around 70% complete. Afterwards, the two take a walk on the beach and Chihiro suddenly asks Renji if he wants to kiss her. This seemingly simple act throws Renji off balance and says that their relationship is not like that, which causes her to run away in tears. Renji breaks down, hoping she will not write down what just happened in her diary. The story shifts to a flashback of when Miyako was waiting for Hirono to show up for their date in the previous episode. Miyako continues to send him voice messages on his cell phone, first being angry for him not showing up, but later becoming increasingly desperate with each call as she does not want Hirono to ignore her. The story shifts back to the present in Hirono's room, with Hirono and Kei together. After Hirono leaves his room to get food, Kei discovers Miyako's messages before Hirono learns of thier existence, and promptly deletes them, as she vowed to "erase her from his memories".

8.Clear Coulour
Frustrated that none of her voice messages made it through to Hiro, Miyako tossed her cell phone into a nearby fountain the night he stood her up. Hiro tries to call her repeatedly, but could not get through due to this. Miyako later calls him on a public phone and is reassured that Kei lied to her when she said Miyako had already disappeared from Hiro's heart. Chihiro and Renji continue work on the novel, and Chihiro is pushing herself with stress and lack of sleep so as to prolong her memories. She eventually collapses and is unconscious for over thirteen hours. When she finally awakes, Renji witnesses Chihiro's frantic state of not understanding why she has grown older or what happened to her left eye.

9.Forget Me Not
Hiro finds Miyako at a telephone booth in town and after a stroll on the beach where they kiss, Hiro takes her back to his place where they get intimate. The following morning, Kei finds Miyako in Hiro's bed, which causes her to run away in tears, eventually collapsing on the road as Kyosuke rushes up to her with his bike. Renji continues to stay with Chihiro despite the pain he feels and manages to smile when around her. Chihiro re-reads her diary three times and eventually comes to act like the person described in her diary, but she thinks that person is already dead. After hearing this, Renji vents his frustration and continuously repeats that this is not true.

10.I'm Here
Kyosuke confronts Hiro about what happened with Kei and tells him that he always does things half-way. Miyako calls Hiro to tell him that it is too painful to be with him since she does not want to be eventually forgotten by him. Hiro goes to see Kei and is able to come to an understanding with her, even though he is in love with Miyako. Right before she is going to leave town, Miyako calls Hiro one last time. The calls cuts out at a pivotal moment leading to Hiro rushing out on his bike and managing to find her at a public telephone near a church where they kiss.

11.Ever Forever
Chihiro finishes her novel and wants Renji to read it, though does not want to be around when he does. Renji proposes they go out on a date, which Chihiro happily agrees to, though she promises Renji that they will become lovers for only one day. After their date, Renji confesses his love to her once again on the school balcony, and shortly after they have sex. Later that night, Chihiro gives Renji the novel to read, and she goes up to the school balcony to wait for him to finish. After realizing the bleak ending of the novel, Renji runs up to the balcony to meet Chihiro, though she tells him that they should break up while she can still say "I love you" and fully mean it. Chihiro throws all her diary pages containing accounts of Renji into the air, effectively forcing Renji to break up with her.

12.Love/Dream
Renji reflects over his past memories with Chihiro and is still very depressed over what happened with Chihiro throwing her diary entries that contained accounts of Renji away. After talking with Yu Himura and Shuichi Kuze, Renji starts collecting the missing diary pages; he only manages to find a handful of them. He takes them to the train station where he and Chihiro first met and finds her still sitting there. Renji discovers that Chihiro has not forgotten about him since she could not stop thinking about him for thirteen hours. Renji promises that they will always be together. The rest of the story concludes with showing scenes between Renji with Chihiro, Hiro with Miyako, and Kyouske with Kei. Yuko finally reunites with Yu at the old church.

Hello Everyone

2008-01-01T17:12:00.000+08:00

Hello everyone reading my blog. It is 2008 now. After stepping into this new year, I hope that everyone had a good year last year and this year to be a more adventurous and enriching year for all of you.

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On the main screen type
*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity).
*#7780# reset to factory settings.
*#67705646# This will clear the LCD display(operator logo).
*#0000# To view software version.
*#2820# Bluetooth device address.
*#746025625# Sim clock allowed status.
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1. Displays Serial Number.
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3. Displays (if there) the date where the phone was purchased (MMYY)
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2007-11-09T11:09:00.000+08:00

Technorati Profile

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2007-11-07T19:12:00.000+08:00

Okay, it has been quite some time after my major papers have passed. I was just browsing through all my past post in my personal blog and i found out that i was really too emotionally. Maybe it was her that changed me to who I am now. But i just found out how much i loved her. Maybe it was kinda strange to bring it up after so long. It is past 1 year plus but i still cant forget her smile. It was radiant. Maybe it was because it was my first love but maybe she was just too good. Anyway, i have been keeping all these feelings inside me for very long.

There is a saying that states that once you got bitten once by a snake, you will forever be afraid of anything that resembles it. I think i am somewhat the same. I am like this. I am afraid to open up, but yet, i am so tempted. Maybe i am just lost in the direction that i should head. I think i really need someone to guide me now. If not, i may just be in this state of mine and never change. I really don't know what i want. Maybe just her. But it is never this way again....

A Damn Hard Question

2007-11-05T05:04:00.000+08:00

To marry someone you like?
OR
To marry someone who like you?

Isnt this question hard? I still cant tink of a perfect answer yet....

'O' Level

2007-10-21T16:21:00.000+08:00

Okay, in less than 24 hours, i am going to take my first paper. I was not that scary coz it is amath but i am still quite nervous. Jus do my best i guess.

ALL THE BEST TO ALL OF YOU TOO =)

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Okay, my prelim just ended. I hope that i can really get a good score to get to JC. Praying hard....

Study Break

2007-10-13T09:23:00.000+08:00

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STUDY HARD MY FRENS, WE SHALL CONQUER THE PAPERS =)

Sweet Dream (from some time back)

2007-10-03T01:57:00.000+08:00

I had the sweetest dream yesterday nite. I dreamt of a girl that i noe for veri long.

This is how the dream goes:

We were outside together. Wen we are going back home. She suddenly run veri fast. I ran after her and almost caught up. But when i was abt to catch her. She suddenly turned back and dashed towards mi. I was shocked. But it was in the nite and i cant realli see which direction she is running. Wen she was so close to mi, i realise that she is running to mi. She jumped into the air and expected mi to catch her. But i failed to. She fell on the floor and fracture her ankle. I had this pain in my heart. Then i carry her in my arms back to her house. She then ask mi why i did not catch her. I told her that i could see clearly. Then she ask mi if i could be her legs and she be my eyes. I said ok. I was so happy. She asked mi to be her BF. I was shocked though but i agreed. She then kissed mi on my lips. I carried her home and wen she got home, her mom was shocked. Her mom asked mi wat happen. Then i told her something sweet happened. Her mom was kinda shock too. Her daughter is hurt and i said it was something sweet. So, i carried her into her room and left her on her bed. I asked her whether shld i help her rub her ankle. She did not reject so i helped her. It was realli painful and i realli tried to do it softly. After rubbing, she could walk but has to support most of her weight on her left foot. She then went to get a cup of water for mi. I was so touched. She is still in pain but she went to get mi a cup of water. Then we sat down on her bed and we started chatting. I even talked to her abt christmas. I ask her why not we go out together on christmas. She said ok. Then i left her house...

I noe that this dream of mine sounds ridiculous to u guys but i realli appreciate that dream. At the lowest point of my life, this boost my moral for living. I was veri happy. I noe that this may not happen in my real life but i will always remember this dream in my heart. I cannot 4get this day. I realli hoped that she will ask mi out for christmas or sumthing. Although i noe it sounds ridiculous again.

You guys mus be wondering hu she is. Sori, cant tell u guys.

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