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So, my school work has finally caught up on me. I mean, no one said Engineering was ever going to be easy and it sure as hell isn’t. It isn’t really because I have nothing good to write about. Heck, I was prepared to write a bunch of editorials on moar obscure manga titles that [...]
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Often when I am looking at photos of my peers in a group, the one thing that would subconsciously keep flashing in my brain is: the guys (and, *ahem*, clothes) are ruining the picture. Sure, it wouldn’t be that obvious if I was looking at a photo of my friends. In other cases, the guys [...]
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The Fall season of anime is fast approaching and as all long time anime fans will know, Fall is where the substance is. This year is no different, and after a quick scan through of That’s preview for Fall, I’ve chosen 7 titles to watch, which is more than a tripling of my 2 choices [...]
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Those who have been following the American manga licensing scene will know that Yen Press recently picked up a whole bunch of 4Komas for the American market, which are Hidamari Sketch, Suzunari! and S.S. Astro. Suzunari! differentiates itself from the rest of the 4Komas I’ve read (Hidamari Sketch, Sketchbook, Lucky Star, Azumanga Daioh) as being [...]
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Not really related to 2D Jap subculture, but our Engineering Physics lecturer showed has a really cool video demonstrating several amazingly designed simple machines: The lecturer played the video at the beginning of the 2 hour lecture, in the middle during the break and at the end of the lecture, and hell a lot of students [...]
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I do not hold much doubt in my heart that the latest episode of Clannad can potentially convert any normal person into an instant Clannadtard; with its beautiful animation, lack of morally objectionable scenes, avocation of responsibility over passion and lack of any significant fetishes. In this modern world where almost everyone tries their hardest to [...]
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Can you spot the Otaku in the above screenshot? / I’ve been getting more into TF2 recently, and in my numerous daily battles for intelligence briefcases and control points, I’ve been encountering more and more portraits of anime characters. In fact, what inspired me to get off my lazy ass and upload an avatar for my scoreboard [...]
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Rin-sama is moe. Rin-sama is moeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Moe moe moeeeee!!!! I played through the demo once myself and subsequently auto-played it for my sister to watch and got her really excited about Little Busters! In fact, she whacked my head with a volume of manga when I told her that there isn’t any Little Busters! anime, and [...]
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1 day late because I recently went nuts about Day of Defeat: Source again (played 1 entire map cycle worth of maps) ever since Valve offered it at USD4.99 a few weeks ago which brought in a surge of noobs to pwn. Not a very popular game I know, but I’m still cracking my brains [...]
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