Initial impression – not sure what I just watched, but it was good Summer 2012 (12 episodes) (title translation – Love Poem Card Game) (more info) At first I was very confused by the opening introduction of Uta Koi and I was wondering if I was watching some badly reimagined Hetalia clone.  However, once narrator [...]
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I’ve always thought those hats they wore in whatever-time-period-this-is Japan looked awfully silly. It means the guys all resemble walking penises in dresses. This is doubly amusing when every girl seems to go gaga over the guys dressed in these silly hats. Maybe that’s what I’ve been doing wrong all along. Maybe I need to [...]
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「高子と業平 在原業平朝臣／行平と弘子 中納言行平」 (Takaiko to Narihira Arihara no Narihira Choushin/Yukihira to Hiroko Chuunagon Yukihira) "Takaiko and Narihira - Court Retainer Arihara no Narihira/Yukihira and Hiroko - Middle-Rank Councillor Yukihira" Chouyaku Hyakunin Isshu: Uta Koi not only takes the audience back to the days of old, but also takes them back to the days of high-school English class when using SparkNotes and Wikipedia was the solution to everything.
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