Seeing as we of the ToB are so far behind on posts, I thought I would accelerate my process by skipping the majority of the blabbering at the end. A picture tells a thousand words does it not? Thirty pictures … Continue reading →
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Another week passes. Another episode of Hourou Musuko keeps me on the edge of my seat. This week, shit goes down. And I loved every moment of it. Anna-chan is moe too. She doesn’t compare to Saorin though So this episode had a pretty interesting twist. Nitorin, flummoxed by his inability to conquer zits and [...]
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Multiple Music Updates. Yep, some sweet honey for your ears~ I wish I was as relaxed as the girl in the picture but I am not; though I love Häagen-Dazs and music accompanies me most of the day. You are not seeing more of me around the site because of a very schedule (work being [...]
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「薔薇色の頬 ���Growing pains���」 (Barairo no Hoo ~Growing pains~) Rosy Cheeks ~Growing pains~ Well ready or not, puberty is coming and Nitori will have to say goodbye to his baby face and hello to acne. Obviously he's quite distressed over his first pimple, going as far as to ask Anna for help then sleeping at seven in the evening. Result: pimple count doubled.
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I love this girl. Really, how could you not? Anna is, to me, indicative of the difference in quality between it and many other anime floating around out there, particularly those with large female casts. In another show, Anna would be your run-of-the-mill tsundere. She certainly demonstrates some of the attributes of that trope, after [...]
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Hourou Musuko has totally captured my heart.  Each episode leaves me wanting more, while reveling in the joy of the what I’ve just seen.  Episode 7 (“Rosy Cheeks ~Growing Pains~) was no different.  I really enjoyed the pairing of Nitori and Anna; they’re such a weird coupling, which I find wonderful.  I’m also a fan [...]
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Episode 07 – Rosy Cheeks ~Growing pains~ – 薔ば薇ら色の頬���Growing pains��� (Barairo no Hoho ~Growing pains~) Now this is the type of episode I’ve been waiting for. I knew that Anna would become more involved somehow, but I hadn’t quite expected her to become romantically involved with Nitori. Their relationship changed up literally all the character [...]
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Hourou Musuko… just surpassed itself. Seriously, this episode was better than any of the previous episodes so far, and convinced me that the creators know what they’re doing. Finally we have another romance that tries to portray love realistically, and FINALLY we have another series that subverts the “lead characters are soul mates” trope. While [...]
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Pools! Fireworks! Drama! Action! Heartbreak! Just like a summer blockbuster! Woooo! Catch up tiiime! Catch uuup! Just in case you guys were wondering, I’m still covering that Oreimo stuff! But instead of episodics, I’ll be covering all four of them when they all release. But just as a little tidbit of info; OMG KURONEKO. Ahem. [...]
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Show ▼ Time-conscious Chiba changes into her Romeo costume a-chicken-head of time, leaving Sarashina ogling her dip-set deliciousness while Momo calls her an attention whore hog. Meanwhile, another hog enters the scene: Fumiya Ninomiya, with a bouquet of flowers obviously for Chiba, states his dissatisfaction in Makoto playing Juliet. Makoto, sans flowers and self-confidence, explains [...]
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I'm sorry, whose Nitori Maho?
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「文化祭~Dream of buttefly~」 () "Cultural Festival ~Dream of butterfly~" The cultural festival has finally rolled around and in-turn the gender bender play the characters have been planning for months. It's a pretty important event symbolically for Ariga especially since he was the only one of the three GID primary characters who landed a main role in the Romeo and Juliet play, but I still question the wisdom of using a random draw to select the roles given the difference in acting abilities.
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ah im sorry but this will be a quicky blog since I fell so behind! next time ill do better lol   brief summary: nitori and chibi begin writing the play about a cross-dressing romeo and juliet....
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One of the series I have really been enjoying this winter season but hadn’t mentioned yet is “Hourou Musuko”, based on the manga by Takako Shimura, who previously saw her other series “Aoi Hana” also adapted into anime form. Where “青い花“ focused more on yuri with teen girls Fumi and Akira discovering their sexual preference [...]
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*** cute overload *** As if Mako as Juliet and Chiba as Romeo isn’t enough, we get Ana and Maiko in beanies, everyone’s favorite older sister as a maid, male Yuki in a suit, Sasa as a knight, and friar Takatsuki. If there were such a thing as too much cuteness, then this episode would [...]
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Episode 06 – Cultural Festival ~Dream of butterfly~ – 文化祭���Dream of butterfly��� (Bunkasai ~Dream of butterfly~) The Romeo and Juliet play went along without much drama, much to my surprise, but we did get quite a bit of clumsy moments with Ariga Mako. This episode turned out to flesh quite a few of the side [...]
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=D! You have no idea how freaking excited I was at the start of this episode, as it looked like we might get a bit more of Yuki and Shi-chan than we have thus far. It still wasn’t much, but I loved what little we got anyway. Yuki is pretty atypical for a character in [...]
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Usually when an anime shows its characters perform a play, it’s a real highlight. This time though, it’s the aftermath that really caught my attention. The play itself was rushed through and didn’t have much impact, but the impression it left on the different characters was what really caught my attention in this episode. The [...]
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Show ▼ Chiba is still pissed at the current turn of events: Sarashina, Momoko, Takatsuki, Makoto (male), and Sasa-chan are now part of the Romeo x Juliet team, leaving Nitori (male) and Chiba with less nasty-time. To make matters worse, Fumiya Ninomiya, Chiba’s Church friend, decides to drop by. He instantly recognizes Shuu and confidently [...]
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「夏のおわりに ���Long, long shadow���」 (Natsu no owari ni ���Long, long shadow��� "End of Summer" As I mentioned last time, I feel really bad for Chiba, but she really too selfish for her own good especially demanding that Ariga vote her to be Romeo so that she could be with Nitori. Driving her friends away (if she even considers them that) and isolating oneself is only going to pull her situation downhill. Ariga, the one I consider the most mature out of their group, tries to help her and also sharply points out that the world doesn't revolve around her and Nitori. The twisted triangle relationship they have becomes even crazier when Ninomiya, Chiba's friend from church, shows up and he's obviously jealous of Nitori given his own feelings for Chiba.
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