Kuuki's crazy anime watchlist corner desuuu~ #2

Man, already the second edition, and goddamn long on top of that. Forgive me?

- Usagi Drop : TOMOE! The mother is Tomoe! Same voice, same look, thankfully not the same personnality but damn I was surprised.
I still don't know what to think about her, she's strange and probably not really able to properly take care of a child but she's not a bad person.
Once again I found it very realistic in the way of dealing with Rin's feelings, the whole thing about her wanting to keep her name and refusing Daikichi's proposal is spot on.
Once again and as usual Daikichi was adorable.

- Penguindrum : KOYASU TAKEHITO! There was Koyasu Takehito! I missed him so much!
Well, that episode raised quite a few questions, here are some of my random thoughts :
*Yuri might have a diary, either one of her own or one mirroring Ringo's so she'd be able to take action before she does.
*No matter how you look at it, this Aquarium is definitely suspicious. Everyone has been there, everyone bought a souvenir related to the penguins, so, is this is the great headquarters of the ultimate penguin conspiracy?
*Related to the previous point, that penguin symbol appears a bit too much to be a coincidence, you won't make me believe they're not related in some way or another.
*Are their parents's disappearance somehow related with the Penguindrum?
*Is the diary really the Penguindrum? I'm under the impression Boshi-sama wasn't very eager to get her hands on it when she could do so.

- No.6 : This made me hungry. Again. Honestly, don't name animals after pastries, especially if I happen to LOVE those.

- Idolm@ster : Are there people who blog about this? What do they write on their entries?
Nothing really happens but cute girls doing cute things, this week was at the beach.
Well, I still like this better than a failed attempt at plot.

- UtaPri : Oooh wuch an unexpected plot twist. *insert sarcasm here*
That and the fact that Miyano's singing ability seem to decrease at every episode.
Well I do like that kind of totally unrealistic personnality disorder so I won't complain that much. It was like having Shizu-chan in Utapri. Kinda nice.

- Dantalian no Shoka : Dalian is a fujoshi. A real one. She even wants to write fanfics now. I approve!
On the other hand, this was pretty interesting, blood and stuff like that are totally my cup of tea.
I'm still wondering whether or not there will be more to the plot than just this.

- Beelzebub : I absolutely hate Daisuke Kishio. Sorry.
But these new characters are kinda interesting and I like the girls (which is really rare in a Jump serie)

- KamiMemo : Want me to ramble a bit more about my love for Yondaime and his underlings, who are, in my opnion, all absolutely adorable?
I like Narumi more and more at every episode but my love for Alice decreases at every episode.
I do wonder what's going to happen now, especially since that Renji guy seems to be somehow related to the Yondaime.

- Tiger&Bunny : I'm depressed. I knew it would turn like that and it's no fun at all if it turns how I predict it.
BUT it raised more questions, who else did he use his ability on? Samantha obviously but what if he used it on the other company presidents? On the mayor(s)? On Yuri?
In any case shit will happen because there's no way the connection between him and Ouroboros decreased over the years, meaning my theory of "Ouroboros controls the city" is still valid!
And I'm damn sad whenever something happens between them, the timing sucked.
And Scarf-tan appeared twice! Is this a sign she's the real head of Ouroboros? Is there a clone army of Scarf-tans? (I don't really believe it but at this point it wouldn't even be surprising ^^)

Aaand to celebrate the lack of Sacred Seven to rant about AND the release of Stone Cold's single, have a song!

Summer 2011 : wrap up post.

We've finally come to this dreaded moment (at least for me) in which there's not going to be new shows before a few months. It's a bit sad, I really like looking forward new things to watch, don't misunderstand I really like looking forward to new episodes of the things I watch but it's just not the same feeling.

Top 3 favorites : 

- Natsume Yuujinchou : that was expected, I love this, I really, REALLY love this, it's just as adorable as it was before, though not doing a good job at following the manga but since they manage to keep the feeling intact with fillers I'm not going to complain.

- Kami-sama no Memochou : Yakuza! Yakuza everywhere! I'm in heaven.
Ok, there's that, not only that but the storyline interests me and the main boy is actually getting better. It kinda remains me of Durarara, just in a lighter tone and about someone who tries to solve problems instead of creating them. I like that.

- Usagi Drop : There's no word to express how cute this is. For a slice of life, they're doing an incredibly good job too, haven't been bored even once. And they're relationship is just handled perfectly.

Cuteness overload (if that's your thing) :

- Natsume Yuujinchou : It IS cute. Natsume is moe, you can't deny it.

- Ikoku Meiro no Croisée : Yune is adorable. Their relationship is adorable. There's not enough French and the inacuracies are too numerous to count but I only bother because I am French.

- Nyanpire : This is both creepy and cute. And it really may be my favorite BL anime ever, I figured that one male cat falling in love with another male cat who happened to lick him could be considered to be BL.

- Usagi Drop

Not my fave but still enjoyable enough : 

- Mawaru Penguindrum : It is starting to make a bit more sense, and it is entertaining, especially that stalker girl, so yeah liked it.

- Nurarihyon no Mago 2 : I like yokai stories, I can't help it. I still do hope this season will be better than the previous one.

- Kami-sama Dolls : Still creepy, still interesting but still somehow lacking something to be really awesome.

- No.6 : The main character is annoying me, very much so I can't like it as much as I would have if I didn't want to hit him. But I do like the story line a lot.

- Dantalian no Shoka : Nothing special, but pretty and interesting enough.

I don't even know why I'm watching (read : it kinda sucks but I'm a masochist) :

- UtaPri : Otome game adaptation. Boredom overload. But they sound good, it's not my fault.

- The Idolm@aster : Same. But at least the girls are cute.

- Sacred Seven : I don't understand that thing at all.

Mercilessly dropped : 

- R-15 : I don't care about fanservice, I expected it anyway, but I hate censorship. And it was pretty ugly to look at too.

- Nekogami Yaoyorozu : I tried to find that cute, I really did, but it grows boring very fast.

And the still on-going series : Ao no Exorcist, Tiger&Bunny, Hanasaku Iroha, Steins;Gate, Beelzebub, Gintama and Hyougemono.

All in all 20. Can I just die?

[1st episode]Usagi Drop

I have something to tell you first, Blogger decided to change their settings, result, I am lost so I apologize if the post comes out weird.
Plus, it's not even in the right language anymore either, where the hell can I switch?
To sum up the situation : ZETSUBOUSHITAAAA!
Forgive me, since Kamiya Hiroshi is only in one show this season I need to create occasions for me to hear him, even if it's only in my head.

Well, before I started to ramble on pointless stuff I was trying to sum up Usagi Drop, one of this season's Noitamina show.
Daikichi, a 30 years old bachelor, comes home when his grand father dies, where he learns that said grand father has a 7 or something years old daughter. Obviously no one wants to take her home so he's pissed off and decides he would take care of her.

Characters are sweet, oooh so sweet, well, at least the two mains, because to be honest the other little girl is a brat and I understand Daikichi's desire to strangle her. The other characters don't appear much, just enough to be sure you don't like them. 

In the end, it's all done on purpose and it just makes things even cuter and more beautiful. Daikichi and Rin have no one else but each other. 

Didn't like the OP, nor the ED, as usual. 

And as for the seiyuu, I don't think I've recognized any voice and I think it's a good thing, it's easier to create emotions in people that way. 

The plot seems to be simple, Daikichi and Rin learning to live together as a parent and a child. 

Him doesn't seem to have much experience in living with someone, let alone to truly care for anything but his job. 

She has been abandonned by her own mother and her father was 79 years old, not exactly the right age to take care efficiently of a young child. 

That's what makes everything much more interesting. It's rare to see a father in anime, it's even rarer to see a father alive and taking care of his children. (Because honestly, isn't the dead father figure quite the trend lately? Not that it means there isn't any of them alive, say in AnoHana or Tiger&Bunny, but a lot of them are still dead or dies in the course of the show)

And you know what? It's beautiful and heartwarming.