I just didn't know what pics to use, but since we watched this movie in the end, I think it's appropriate...! XP

They say that if you wanna win the lottery, you just need to buy a ticket first, right? Well, it’s true! Using that very same strategy when you search for something, you just have to click on the “search” button of your Chrome, Firefox or any other engine you use! That’s how I found out about several anime/manga fan clubs in the city of Athens!

Who knew that there are such things in Greece?! Only those who tried and searched for them, of course! Well, I had already found out about a J-music/K-music/cosplay party somewhere in the city about a couple of weeks ago, but I wasn’t really expecting any more than that (like that alone isn’t much, it’s Greece we’re talking about!). I’ve also met people in my school (mostly boys) who were watching anime regularly, but most of them were watching only the big-shots, Bleach, One Piece, Naruto and such. To make a long story short, the only person I’d ever met personally and I could really consider as an otaku (and I’m using the word “otaku” with respect) is my brother, Eri!…

Until that day, of course! As I was saying, I had already found about that party… on a Facebook community (one more reason to keep my Facebook account activated)! Looking a liiiiiiittle bit closer, I saw a link to a Greek anime forum… “Hmmmm, why not click on it?” I thought (that track of thought can prove dangerous since there are a lot of viruses around, though!). And that thought led me to a relatively well-made forum, where a post about a meeting for an anime movie projection was featured first! And here’s the best part; I saw it just 2 HOURS before the meeting time!!!

Try and find your way in this mess! Easier said than done, when even I (who's actually living here) have no idea about the centre streets!

I didn’t even realise when I started getting my hair done, looking at Google Maps and putting on the first piece of clothing I found in my wardrobe, all the while going up-and-down the hallway of my house, Eri and dad wondering what the hell I were doing!!! Of course Eri got jealous when I told him about it, since he had swimming practice and couldn’t tag along, heheh! I asked dad to drop me off somewhere halfway to the sub station, the other half I used a bus and changed from sub to train linesat some point since a part of the city rails is under construction! When I finally reached the station closer to the meeting place, I started asking passers-by for direction and finally found the place just in time!

Out of breath, I looked around. It was a cafe, a rather big party sitting on the outside tables, all talking happily. “Is that the place?” I wonderer, when a guy appeared next to me and talked to the people seated “It’s movie night, tonight, huh? Long time no see!”! I didn’t need to hear anymore, I went ahead and asked “Are we watching a movie tonight?” and they answered “Yeah! Welcome to our little gathering!”…!

"The Place Promised In our Early Days"

After I introduced myself (real name AND username), I was offered a seat and started chatting with the people closer to my seat! I didn’t really had to try to fit in, I was already a member of the team! After a while we got in the cafe and went upstair, where was a big projection room! YAYZ! I took my seat and joined the people I was talking to before and we all watched “The Place Promised in Our Early Days“. The movie didn’t really matter, though, as the most interesting parts was me and the other girls of the party exchanging opinions and information about many anime and manga titles and genres in general! I really had so much fun!

I left the meeting with two other boys, since we where heading to the same train station, and talked about anime and manga and upcoming events in the city! It was already late at night, so it was pretty dangerous to be out’n'about (especially when you’re a girl) and I was really tired, plus I left home without notice of where I was going at all so I was hurrying back to avoid getting scolded too much, but all in all it was a great experience! I had made a promise to attend next time with Eri, had new friends requests on Facebook and unexpectedly learnt more about the city centre (how’s that?!)! I’m so glad I didn’t chicken out at the last moment and went ahead with it!

WHAT?! I just like this shot! (It's from the ending scenes, actually!) XP

So, if you don’t have any friends who are interested in anime and manga like yourself, just type “anime clubs/forums/meetings/events *your country* *your city*” or anything amongst these lines and click on the “search” button! I’m sure you’ll find something interesting and it’s worth the try! Your new friends might be just a click away! See ya!

I really like this pic! XD

Hey, guys! What’s up? Long time no see!As you see, I decided to write something new for a change after all these months I were on (an over-extended, I should admit) hiatus! So, HERE WE GO!!!

Well, to tell you the truth, I haven’t watched any of the releases of the Summer or Fall seasons! So much about being a hardcore anime-manga fan and I didn’t even get to watch any! Blame my National Examinations’ failure and graduation preparations, losing a best friend (but Thank God I found a better one!), lots of frustration and unrequited love scandals (wow, my life’s been such a circus lately)!!! But, HEY, I’M WRITING AN ANIME IMPRESSIONS REVIEW HERE, DAMNIT!!!

Okay, after explaining why I didn’t write a single line for the past few months, it’s time to get to the point! So…

By the way, I'm worshipping Shuto! SHUUUUUJIN-SAMAAAAAAA!!! XP

I woke up early in the morning and I didn’t have anything to do. Then I remembered that I have to marathon 2 whole anime seasons to get back on track. So, I visited my brother Eri’s blog to read his Fall Season post and get some clues… And that’s where I saw the title “Bakuman”… Hey, I’ve read about this! Kyokai and the Metanorn gang had made quite an extensive Fall Season post, as well! So, I searched for the released episodes and clicked on Bakuman Episode 1…

When it started playing, I had the feeling that… I’ve got the wrong anime??? WHAT’S THAT KIDDY PROGRAM HERE??? Hahahahahah! Thank God I didn’t stop the video player, or I’d miss the fun! GOD, it was absolutely PERFECT!

(Since I’m writing an impressions’ post here, I don’t have to give you a summary, too, do I? Well, if you want one, just GOOGLE IT! Besides, me giving you the summary would spoil the fun, since I totally SUCK when it comes to explaining what’s happening in a story!)

"When our dreams come true... WILL YOU MARRY ME???" ... *GREAT SHOCK!!!*

…What were I saying?… Ah, yeah! It was ABSOLUTELY PERFECT! I don’t know about everyone else, but I found Bakuman SOOOO GOOOOOOOOOD!!! This is the best anime I’ve got my hands on in a while, HANDS DOWN! Nice plot, respectable animation (the reaction faces are SERIOUSLY EPIC!!!), continuously flowing storyline, acceptable character development, lots of fun, WHAT ELSE COULD YOU ASK FOR, MAN?!?! The way I see it, it’s a package of DELICIOUS TREATS!!! I had fun watching the 3 episodes released so far! I went “Kyaaaaaaaaaaah!” like crazy, like when I read Yaoi, (oops! I forgot to inform you that I’ve come to be a globally recognised fujoshi, my friends on Twitter already know that!) but for no weird reasons, of course! There’s light romance (the fangirl part), the classic searching-for-my-path-in-life and want-to-achieve-my-goals main story (the message part), characters you can identify yourself with one way or another (the heart-warming part) and, of course lots of unexpected happenings that always make you laugh, or at least crack a smile (the light and funny part)! My humble opinion is that this anime is a real jewel for this season, all my expectations were fulfilled to the fullest and I’m gonna follow it to the bits! I’m very excited waiting for the next episode!

I agree with Japanator, the reaction faces just RAWK!!! See??? XP

Okay, that’s all from me (for now, at least)! I don’t want to drag this to the point it gets meaningless, what I’m doing here is just making my opinions and beliefs public for everyone to see! I suggest you should watch this one… well, if you still haven’t, that is! GO WATCH BAKUMAN, ASAP!!! See ya!

The long awaited, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya has been released, subbed and all.

It is a camrip so if you are the impatient sort of type that doesn’t mind eye-raping quality, (which isn’t all that bad), go get it.

Thanks to Mazui Subs

Torrent Link:

[Mazui] ​_Suzumiya​_Haruhi​_no​_Shoushitsu​_[LQ][443A6A97]​.mkv

Heroes of Day:

http://mazuisubs.com/68

Goddess

So you, the typical guy, are at the happiest day of your life. Just a few moments ago, you exchanged vows with THE girl you’re willing to go at the ends of the earth for, that’s taken you quite the effort to get, not to mention fending off rivals as well as playing according to her tastes. One moment you see her smiling sweetly and you find yourself compelled with her charm to say ‘awwwwwwwww’ [discretely of course]; the next you take notice on what seemes to be a psychotic grin. You abruptly shake your head to reassess the feasibility of what you just witnessed. Your dearly beloved grabs you by the arm to which she asks, “We’ll be together forever, right?” You sense something is wrong, or rather how her seemingly harmless words do not agree with the very ominous atmosphere you’re feeling. You begin to think how every effort you’ve put to get to the girl of your dreams has been a bit too easy. You then come into a bone-chilling conclusion – you didn’t marry her…she married you. Suddenly, the openings to Higurashi play on maximum volume from the depths of your mind. Congratulations, you married a yandere.

Unfortunately for you, once a yandere has locked onto you, the chances of dispelling her are little to none. You could consider yanderes as an entrapment where each struggle will only make the victim’s situation worse. Sorry, buddy…if you were looking for a way out, you’ll only disappoint yourself. Fret not. Contrary to popular belief, being married to one isn’t necessarily a bad thing. All it takes really is a change to your state of thought. Interested to know on how you might alleviate your situation? Read on.

First, understand that a yandere’s power source is its obsession, which as of the moment, is you. Needless to say, the most immediate thing you can do that’s within you and your dearly beloved’s  best interests is to submit. Err, let’s rephrase that to avoiding resistance. Think about it… with the absence of obstructions between the two of you, she does not have to escalate to higher echelons of violence (or other outrageous behaviors), obstructions in the form of  other people you interact with won’t have get hurt (or worse, severely injured), and you….well..you’ll be in the best possible state . It’s a win-win-compromise situation.

Now now..let’s be a bit realistic. Taking into consideration that nothing in this world will work seamlessly, you can’t always guarantee obstructions to steer clear out of your wife’s way. There WILL be times where something or someone will somehow eventually and inevitably become an impediment. At these times, you can only hope that you’ve done some earlier precautions. One can never be too prepared, right?

So what exactly might these ‘precautions’ be? To be honest, they’re nothing troublesome to do really. We all know a yandere at the wrong time and place can be very deadly. That in mind, the best you can do is make her even deadlier. You can avoid that situation by using a little common sense and make all potential weapons inaccessible to her. These include cooking utensils, particularly knives and other sharp objects. When your wife is trying to show her affection by offering to cook you a meal, quickly and impulsively refuse by counteroffering to cook for her instead. While you’re at it, lock away all chemical products, especially the ones that have high tendencies to explode. In fact, you might as well do all the chores yourself. I know, I’m very aware how arduous everything would be. But come on now…who said marriage was a walk in a park? Also, would you rather be knocked out from all your chores…or knocked out for good by your wife when she’s throwing a fit? I hope the answer is as obvious to you as it is for me.

If however you’re caught unprepared, as it might happen to those who lack foresight or to those who are just simply unlucky, there’s really nothing much you can do other than hang for your dear life…and even then there’s a proper way to do so. If you happen to find yourself in such a misfortune, kindly lead your berserking wife to a secluded section in your house. This way, if you turn out to be a lifeless corpse, which in turn might induce your wife to a psychotic outburst (one with unimaginable violence and tremendous destructive power), fatalities would be contained within the premise of your property.

So there you go. Try not to look at it in a bad way. If there’s any benefit at all, you’ll be able to proudly say you have fully discerned the true meaning of the line, ” ’til death do us part.”

Oh hi! I’m still alive. Always have been…at least when considering the regular pace this blog goes by.  I haven’t gone anywhere really. I was just preoccupied with higher priorities…insane exams, a much deserved break spent entirely on playing video games, and last but not the least, a haphazard effort to join a mascot drawing contest.

Unneeded crap aside, Spring season brings a bountiful selection of shows. Of course, information and all images are courtesy of chartfag.

As usual, I’ve tried to rank my priorities in an effort to maximize the number of shows I can watch given my time constraints while minimizing  potential series that might end up on my dropped list. I’m trying to reach 200+ completed series by the end of the year after all. Hopefully, by the end of the season, I would have completed at least 10 of these shows. Of course, shows whose prequels I haven’t watched along with those that involve sports as well as childhood fantasies are automatically taken off the list.

So here goes…

Definite Watchability

	Angel Beats
	http://www.angelbeats.jp/
	First up is the one of the few reasons why Little Busters won’t be airing this year. When we’re supposed to get a baseball-loving, feline-friendly bunch students, we instead get a bunch of youngsters with weapons and what-nots. I SIMPLY LIKE IT! Of course, the fact that Key is involved only makes me more interested.

	Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
	http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/maidsama/index-j.html
	Ah yes, the manga-turned anime that has  most of the fangirls around me are talking about. While I’m not really into romance at the moment, since the series itself also involves some comedy, I guess it won’t hurt to see whether it’s worth watching ;though to be honest, I really hope it is.

	K-ON!!
	http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/k-on/
	I had fun watching the first season so it only makes logical sense that I watch the sequel. Expectations? Only weekly doses of light entertainment along with a few chuckles or two, unlike haters out there…

	Kiss x Sis
	http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/kiss_sis/
	Definitely my guilty pleasure of the season. One guy with twin step-sisters (a ‘step’ being a measure of how close it is to a full-fledged incest). I say Ménage à trois! Is there anything not to like about?!

	B Gata H Kei
	http://www.bgata-hkei.com/
	So a virgin who wants to get laid at least by a hundred different people. And oh yea, the virgin is a girl……HOLY SHIT! This so rightfully wrong in a hundred ways.

High Likelihood Watchability

	Mayoi Neko Overun!
	http://www.patisserie-straycats.com/
	For Pete’s sakes, what is with these people and their cat fetishes? Not that I would mind since cats have proven themselves a valuable ingredient for a successful series time and time again (See Nyan Koi).

	Yutori-chan
	http://yutori-chan.jp/
	From what I’ve been hearing about, this is supposed to be a representation, if not a mockery, of three distinct generations in Japan…through use of lolis little girls! This should be fun..

Curiosity Satisfiers

	Heroman
	http://gangan.square-enix.co.jp/introduction/heroman/
	Amidst all the information about Heroman, the only thing that caught my eye was ‘Stan Lee.’ Great…another instance of Western meddling. Two things can happen: (1) either we’ll have ourselves a successful culmination of two distinct mediums or (2) a failed attempt that has a potential to leave a bitter aftertaste for a long time.

	House of Five Leaves
	http://www.goyou-anime.jp/
	I’d say, it’s about goddamn time we have another prominent sword-slashing series to add to the watch list. I’m not so sure whether I’ll stick around to see this series to the end. The premise doesn’t seem to be interesting enough to last for the whole season…

	Working!!
	http://www.wagnaria.com/
	Despite its early release, I have not watched this series yet though, it doesn’t help that I’m already hearing a lot of negative receptions. Then again, Working!! falls onto the Slice of Life genre where tolerance is usually low.

Err….

	Yojo-han Shinwa Taikei
	http://noitamina.tv/yojouhan/
	Nothing so special about a series about some college student’s life…

	Arakawa Under The Bridge
	http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/arakawa_ub/
	Woah, star-headed dude! Just add romance and we get ourselves the potential WTF series of the season!

Mother fucking Gundam

Prioritizing life, I decided to take Japanese culture (almost) out of the equation. So, a brief  “exit” from a rather brief venture in blogging, (that was already measly in contribution with  periodic posting that extended weeks on end), and weekly anime watching rituals helped me sift through the mire of a perpetual despair in terms of test preparation and ungodly amounts of writing. High school sucks.

However this new Gundam inspired me to take another crack at blogging.   ^_^

But enough about me, let’s get straight to the fucking Gundams.

Gundam Unicorn was a disturbingly sublime experience. I got chills watching it, goosebumps. The first few minutes were like taking a morsel of a pancake smothered with win-sauce causing me to die from the happiest heart attack ever.

(Opinion) Yeah, one episode in, and Unicorn is shaping up to be the best Gundam in recent memory. Yes, probably will be better than OO , Seed….Seed Destiny.

And to be honest I’m probably creating that judgement too early for I have not seen every Gundam series made.

Bravo, bravo, Sunrise. They really, really outdid themselves. Movie quality production, fluid animation, pretty explosions, great music. Character designs seemed reminiscent of the original Mobile Suit Gundam. The Mobile suits had a nice design to them. And Unicorn is Unicorn due that single  spike sticking out of it’s head.

Pretty, ain’t s(he?)

Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn is an OVA  of 6, 50-minute episodes, based off a light novel that takes place in the same chronology as the original MSG, the time line with iconic characters like Amuro Ray and Char Aznable. As disgusting as it is for me to type, I am not really well versed in Gundam lore. The only Gundams I have watched entirely were Wing and Endless Waltz, G, Seed, Seed: Destiny, and OO. I did watch some MSG back when I was a brat and didn’t appreciate it, but that of course is all vague remembrances of twilight Toonami days long gone. That said, I was mostly left in the dark in terms of the plot since there is such a rich history behind Gundam. Gundam people should know more.

Yes, I am a badass

Not a Gundam aficionado or expert by any means, I don’t collect kits and such (although I’d like to). But MSG Unicorn instilled a flame in me that beckons me to pursue such passions.

Must watch if you are a Gundam person (pretty much a given).

Gosh you're pretty

Well, I had gotten really tired of the mellow interactions between Akira and Mina during the last 2 episodes (as if there were many episodes released, but anyway!), and I’ve admitted several times that I’m very disappointed by the turn of events with this show (and almost everybody seems to think the same), be it only 12 episodes airing or not following the (exceptional, I’ve heard, yet not found out myself) line of the manga. Even after the “originality” failure was more than obvious and directors tried to return to the already existing scenario of the manga, there were too little time to change fans’ opinion about it (at least, that’s what I think!).

So, after all this time of boredom I gave a last chance to this show to redeem itself, watching what happens to Episode 7 (notice that I skipped the 6th one). And what I thought after watching it all the way throught the end was… “Is this, by any chance, the LAST EPISODE???”!!! Maybe I’m one of the very few, if not the only one, to be under this impression, but that’s what it seemed to be to me! I know that it was supposed to be 12 episodes (I’ve already suggested it, after all!), but I can’t get it out of my mind that something’s off with this one episode.

Srs business, ka.

First it’s the (is it considered as official?) announcement to Akira of some kind of war between the vampires who want to eliminate humans and the others who wish to stay hidden and quietly living their lives, I guess???

And that's the monster of the episode, am I right?

And then we have a fight between Mina and “Telomere” (and there revealing that she’s NOT the one behind the assaults we ‘ve been watching untill just now)…

"I only want the heart of my Hime-san, but it'll suffice for now"!!! XD

…which ended up just with their captain getting killed by Akira, by the way.

Epic battle scenery WTF!!!

After that we have a twist having Akira reveal his true nature to Yuki and then a fight between the man and Mina…

Nudity, shoujo and blood... how could Yuki not be a peeping Tom? XD

…which ends up like a mess once more with Akira saving his Princess’ ass from death and saying that he’ll still keep his promise to her (you know, the one they made a long time ago?).

Finally, the kid's got into the team!

Finally, at the end of the episode we have Akira officially given the title of Princess’ warrior and then the official announcement by Mina of the formation of the Vampire Bund!

What do you say about that? Doesn’t this seem far enough, even if a little bit rushed, for a crappy season to go? And the ending scores and Mina’s words “This is the story of a promise” (these words, if I’m not mistaken, were the first thing we heard at Episode 1???)  doesn’t it all seem like the epilogue? Even though it seems that blogging sites are the ones to find and announce new information, this time I’ll be the blogger who asks for them! So, do you know anything about this that I don’t? And even if you don’t, what is your opinion on thisd matter? Please answer me, ’cause I’m really thrown for a loop here!!!

A while ago, I was referred to a couple of very insightful takes on the psuedo-science surrounding the Index/Railgun universe . One of these posts is written by a fellow named Steven and uses Personal Reality, PR, (as explained by one of their teachers, if I remember correctly) as a basis for his all if not most of his hypotheses. If anything, these explanations make a lot of sense, not to mention how they work smoothly without prejudice be your subject an esper or a mage. The idea is rather simple and probably very intuitive. All we have to do is remove the line that distinguishes espers from mages and put the one with the greater quantity/quality of will (since greater will translates into a more imposing PRs…according the the post) to decide what course collective  reality (by collective reality, I mean the reality that takes place as witnessed by everyone) take.

So there you go. Everything seems to obey what has been proposed….that’s only so if and only if all the folks down Academy City can only be either an esper or a mage. Along came an anomaly by the name of Touma and whatever preconceived notions I got from the said hypotheses suddenly just went down the drain. Of course, Steven’s article is not without detailed mentions of Touma as well as a proposal on how his ability, Imagine Breaker, might work. According to him, Touma’s just another case of an esper/mage whose ability to impose just seems to be beyond what Academy City can publicly categorize and scale. So we have a hyper-powered Touma within our grasps. I’ll be honest with you. I’m a tiny bit uneasy with the idea of having yet another masquerading god-mode (in terms of the ability to impose) character, but taking into consideration how it is consistent with PRs as well as the fact Komoe-sensei also said so herelf (Railgun, Episode 14), you can figure out the rest. There’s just one problem though…Touma doesn’t seem to be someone of a caliber beyond level 5. If he were, wouldn’t he have been able to do something about his memory loss by now? I mean it was a  magical feather  that he came into contact after with after all that he’s currently suffering from a memory loss. It’s not like magic is an entirely different case, at least not in our current assumption where ESP and magic are treated the same. What about his ability to negate even his own good luck? If he were someone who can muster his will beyond that  of a level 5, wouldn’t trivial things like these be a piece of cake? Hmm…I wonder:

(A) if I answer yes, I’ll only be asked, ‘Why on earth is he not doing something about it?” Conversely,

(B) if I answer no, I’ll only be told that I’m going against what has been explicitly said by that teachers in regards to PR.

There’s also something else that’s bothering me and it’s how this mode of thought assumes there’s one PR per person, which then translates to ability per person. But how do you account for Motoharu who is in a state of Esper/Magician Duality? Last but not the least, if abilities were simply a matter of will, how would one account for Level Uppers, Capacity Downs and level grinding?

Fortunately for us, PR is just half the story and only serves as an introduction to a much more complicated mechanism. That said, we can go with answer (B) without having to deal with the consequence of contradicting anyone. All of these, we can explain thanks to a little digression towards quantum mechanics.

Basis

Throughout both Index and Railgun, there have been multiple of instances of how quantum mechanics jargon have very strong implications on the pseudoscience. One of these and perhaps the most notoriously famous of them all, is Schrodinger’s cat. According to the series (I forget whether it’s from Index or Railgun), espers excel in that they can find the alleged cat in a state of their liking whereas ordinary humans can only determine the cat’s state (either dead or alive), of which they don’t have control, only after opening the box. Okay great, so espers can influence reality…but don’t we already know that through PR? Well of course, except that this concept fails to incorporate why it’s even related to Schrodinger’s cat in the first place.

A Little Background on Wave Equations (just a little bit, I promise)

WAIT! DON’T LEAVE! While it certainly true that I’m going to use wave equations as my basis, I’m going to keep this as simple as possible, which means there will be NO FORMULAE, NO NUMBERS, and VERY LIMITED JARGON. So please…stick around.

So, what’s the deal with cat? You see, in this thought experiment, the cat being alive and being dead are both states. In the simplest possible explanation, states are somewhat like possible events. In this case, there’s the possibility of the cat being dead and the possibility of the cat being alive. As to how the cat is both alive and dead at the same time to a non-esper is of something related to superposition of states and is way beyond the scope of this discussion.

And that’s all there is to it; wave equations are nothing but the a function of a probability of an event happening in 1D, 2D or 3D space. In other words, the probability that something will happen at some point (x,y,z).

Perhaps the most familiar application of Wave Equations is the shape of electron orbitals that you may have learned in late high school-level to early college chemistry. Below are some examples of how these orbitals look like. In plain and simple English, these graphs are just representations of the wave equation, that is, the probability of finding an electron at any point. If the point in question happens to fall on the shape itself, then there’s a high chance you’ll find an electron at that point. Conversely, if you pick a point that’s not within the region of the shape, the chances of finding something there are significantly little to none. Simple right?

Application of Wave Equation to Ability Development

Now we can finally answer the following question presented to us by one of the teachers from Episode 8 of Railgun…

It’s very simple actually. If we take electrons and make it analagous to possible realities….and do a little editing on a previous image…

we find out that a possible outcome (or state) is just a meager point in the 3D space called reality and that PR is just the a shape of a region where what you want to happen can possibly happen.

Convenient right? But what about the fight between Accelerator and Touma? How do you go about on explaining that in terms of Wave Equations? When it comes to interactions between espers (or mages or whatnot…doesn’t make a difference since we’re assuming they are both imposing realities), we have to use a certain property of waves called interference. There are two types of this instance, and both are very self- explanatory. Constructive interference is when two or more waves combine to form an even bigger wave whereas destructive interference is when two or more waves cancel out. An example of this is bonding among Hydrogen atoms.

Let’s apply the analogies we made earlier and while we’re at it, let’s assume that these two individuals are engaged in combat with one another….

In Part I, we have the summation of two espers’ realities of which the combine regions represent all possible realities (including Person A winning and Person B winning).  Now if you’re wondering as to which reality will prevail, all you need to do to find the answer is to lookup who can impose his reality better. Sounds familiar? It should. After all, that was the point of Steve’s argument. Now we can finally see how wave functions can work consistently with the idea of PR imposition. But this still doesn’t explain Touma’s bizarre PR. Let’s head to the next part of the diagram.

Look at the sum of the PRs in Part II. If there is one thing you should notice, it’s the fact that Person A’s reality is not superimposed in Person B’s. This means the probability of the reality in which Person A can beat the shit out of Person B using his abilities is flat out zero. We can also say that PR imposition becomes irrelevant. In other words, no matter how strong Person A can impose his PR, it wouldn’t make a difference because it’s simply impossible. If we take Person A as Accelerator and Person B as Touma, we can finally make sense of things as to how Imagine Breaker works…in terms of wave functions of course. This way, I don’t have to imagine Touma as a Level 6.

So what is it that makes Touma’s PR so unique? It’s actually just the nature of his PR. If anything, it’s in such a shape that, when imposed on other espers’ PR, would cause a destructive interference which in turn describes as to why his abilities cancel those of others. How convenient!

But what about the other inconsistencies such as Touma’s bad luck, Motoharu’s Duality, Level Uppers, Capacity Downs, and Level Grinding? Does wave function work for these situations too? Well it can, but there might be some other factors that might need to be considered.

Level Uppers, Capacity Downs and Level Grinding

When it comes to these three, we can all treat them as extended cases of Parts I (for Level Uppers and Level Grinding) and II (for Capacity Down) of the previous diagram. Level Uppers and Capacity Downs work by manipulating your brain waves right? As to how it does exactly, one can only guess. But if we take it into a graph of wave function, Level Uppers and Capacity Downs work by taking a person’s PR and do a constructive interference/destructive interference on itself, resulting into an enhancement/cancellation of abilities.

Yea...something like that

Of course, this mode of thought has its limitations. For one thing, wave functions can’t explain as to why people who undergo Level Uppers suffer a coma.

As for grinding, recall that when two espers in combat impose their PRs on one another, their realities are added up through constructive interference. At that state, the combined realities belong to each of the two espers, but doing so temporarily increases the extent of each espers’ PRs. Now after an esper had undergone a temporary raise in his PR boundaries during combat, he can now be certain that the limits of his abilities are more than they seem to be in his current state. When he reaches his new limits, he would’ve increased his abilities as well as PR in the process.

Touma’s Bad Luck and Motoharu’s Dual Nature

I’ll have to admit that these might be  a bit difficult to describe with just wave functions alone. But if there’s anything we can be certain of, it’s the idea that bad luck is just one possible reality. The fact that Motoharu is both an esper and a mage at the same time is also another possible reality as well. So if there’s any way I can connect this to the graph of wave functions, I have to assume a graph whose axes are the extent of ESP and the extent of Magic (I’ll leave the third axis for now).

Now, not all realities are favorable. So if we set a side a region in the graph where there are negative values (or coordinates), we can assume that the point in that region represents a reality that’s somehow unfavorable. Simply put, the shape of Touma’s PR is such that some portion of it lies in the negative zone which might explain as to why his bad luck ability exists. As for Motoharu, the shape of his PR is in such a way that some of its portions lie on the magic and ESP axis.

In Conclusion

I’ve mentioned this earlier and I’ll mention it again…this little theory of mine is by no means without flaws. If anything, this whole thing fails to explain how each and every PR works in great detail. Then again, that wasn’t my intention. My intentions are actually simple, and they are to incorporate the subject of quantum mechanics and their roles to Ability Development. I mean, I’ve read so many insightful speculations  yet none of them seem to mention anything beyond Schrodinger’s cat, despite the fact that we’ve already been told at least twice about how students at Academy City should study Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle (a.k.a. inb4waveequations). So I simply took the initiative.

That said, I hope you don’t mistake this whole thing a rebuttal…because it isn’t. In fact, it serves to build upon the speculations of others in an effort to unify as many ideas as possible and flatten out most if not all the inconsistencies.

Hey, guys! What’s up? This anime season proves to be so much fun, therefore, I’m making a second part of my First Impressions of the new anime entries, as I promised to 7..

So, here we go!

NODAME CANTABILE -FINALE-

Yeah, that was exactly what I was expecting it to be! Nodame Cantabile -Finale- is on the same standards as the previous parts of the story. Nothing let me down during the 24 minutes I were watching it at all. Too bad other series I were looking forward to (like Dance in the Vampire Bund) failed me so hard. I know that Nodame and Chiaki won’t fail to amuse me with their unique relationship.

I love music and I really like good romance stories, so I’m watching this one hands down!

HANAMARU KINDERGARTEN

So cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute!!! That’s the first thing I thought of when I finished watching the first episode of Hanamaru Kindergarten. Even though I thought of it to be very childish and thus too boring for me to watch, I was taken aback for a bit there. Anzu-chan had me smiling every time I saw her especially when she’s driving Tsuchida-sensei crazy, it was love at first sight!!!

This one is so sweet that I won’t even think about it. Count me in!

SEIKON NO QWASER

A thousand LULZ won’t even suffice about this one!!! The fanservice part is so awesome and yet I laughed my ass off watching the unsensored edit because of that (and of course helped me ’cause I thought I had lost some things while watching the sensored one)! Nice OP and ED themes, especially the later ROCKS!!! Now, about the story itself… THAT’S INSANE!!! I like it being dark in some moments, in contrast of being utterly ridiculous the rest of the time!

I’m watching this one, too, and you know why!

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Really, about Part 1, I hadn’t left so much work on my desk after finishing it. I’m really surprised by my eagerness to watch everything coming out this year, even though I have limited free time waiting for my university entrance exams…

But enough with my troubles! I’m really enjoying the new anime season, it’s the best X-mas gift, forget about it being just a little bit belated. Let’s have fun this year, and see ya soon!