「初めてなんです…」 (Hajimete Nan Desu...) "My First Time..."
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“Toradora“, like “Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu” is a light novel series that will get an anime adaptation this autumn. The story deals with the somewhat complicated life of a high school boy , Ryuji Takasu, whose scary eyes frigthen everyone except his best friend Kitamura and his crush, Minori. Ryuji just wants to have a [...]
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Uhh…did I download the wrong video? Luckily I didn’t make a mistake.The story centers around the school idol’s deep dark secret.Yes,Nogizaka Haruka is a Akiba-Kei aka anime fanatic =O Pictured above are Yuuto’s roomates? On the outside she’s a perfect girl.Beauty,brains and musical talent aplenty.Until that is,Yuuto,a boy rumored to be gay,stumbles upon Haruka in the midst [...]
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Ahh, anime. You love it. You love it so much. It consumes your life and your soul. And, yet, some people seem to have this notion that it’s somehow a shameful thing, on both sides of the Pacific. While it is true that society has a tendancy to view anime in a distasteful manner, society [...]
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Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu Besides the obvious things that you would expect from a series like this, it wasn’t that bad. This is the type of series that I usually really hate, but I was actually entertained. The amount of fan-service wasn’t even all that bad and it isn’t distracting towards the plot or anything. The [...]
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Awr, man… I was determined not to like this! Calling a spade a spade (because, y’know, it is), Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu is grade-A manufactured rubbish. Ever since reading about the show’s original premise, it was painfully obvious that this anime would be constructed meticulously from well-known tried-and-tested components with the aim of checking every tick [...]
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Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu - First Impressions Shh!! She’s an otaku! Admittedly, I blew off this show at first glance. Yet another harem, Nabatame Hitomi voicing a drunk, an uninspired and indifferent male lead with his groups of canon fodder lackeys, and a seemingly perfect School Idol/Ms. Perfect/Ojousama/Princess/Miss Macross/Queen female lead. Same old, same old… Noto Mamiko, [...]
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Brain damage seems to be the leading epidemic plaguing the minds of male anime protagonists. / The first episode of Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu is an Otaku’s wet dream come true. Bump begins the tale. / In fact, I believe everyone can pretty much predict what happened in the first episode without even watching it. Generic Guy bumps into Otaku [...]
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Opening Sequence: OP: “Tomadoi Bitter Tune” by Himemiya Miran and Chocolate Rockers My third anticipated series for the spring season would have to be this. Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu is about Nogizaka Haruka who is the school’s idol but with one secret, she’s an otaku. Ayase Yuto discovers her secret and the two become friends. When I [...]
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We've all been there, haven't we - Trying to keep up our reputation as an intellectual, charming and beautiful person, while all the while hiding from the world the fact that we'd actually much rather be sat around watching and discussing copious amounts of anime. Well, okay, let's scratch the 'beautiful' part in my case. Anyhow, so that thought brings us to the opening episode of Nogizaka
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Meet the otaku princess! [:OP: “Tomadoi Bitter Tune” by Miran Himemiya and Chocolate Rockers:] I love the OP theme! It’s quite unique and I totally enjoyed the first 15 seconds of it (The photoshop part). Song-wise, it’s just alright but what is absolutely entertaining is the animation… I just didn’t mind the fanservice there though What [...]
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Koihime Musou Short Synopsis: Our lead characters finds a twelve-year old orphan who is a genius at fighting. Highlights: Overglorifies its own setting Overall Enjoyment Value: 6/10 This sort-of reminds me of Prism Ark, and although I admit that the writing is more solid, it does have the same weaknesses. At least there’s no country named “The Untied Kingdom” [...]
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At least Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de had an abbreviated title that fans used (Kimiaru), this one has nothing that I’m aware of. Anyways, the basic story for Nogizaka Haruka is something like as follows: normal guy accidentlly finds out school idol is an otaku and keeps her secret, so they [...]
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Also known as… Haruka Nogizaka’s Secret, The Secret of Haruka Suzumiya, etc Flavor: Sweet Initial Reaction: Aw, I thought they were going to show the entire OP from the fake anime series… just like in Genshiken. Yeah, I’m following this one. I guess I simply never get tired of these kind of shows… and, well, there isn’t anything [...]
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Obvious and stupid title. I know. Well, the summer season has officially begun. That’s a pretty banner-worthy event, right? A whole new season of anime. Now that every anime that I’ve considered watching has aired, I’ve been able to choose my favorite among the new anime. And that is, of course, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu. It’s cuteness [...]
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More fanservice and moe stuff for me to blog. Yay~! Seriously…I think I like these sorts of shows more than any normal fangirl should. Normally, I don’t discuss these sorts of shows when I watch them, but…Haruka is an otaku. And she’s cute. I want to watch it. Besides, the fanservice really isn’t that bad. Even [...]
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From the little that I read about Nogizaka {didn’t want to spoil too much}, I was expecting Nogizaka Haruka to be more assertive and act all ojou-sama-ish and force Yuto to do “Otaku” stuff with her…but in actuality, she’s more reserved and less than an ojou-sama than I thought…dojikko moe!!! Instead of forcing him like I [...]
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Yes, a pretty entertaining first episode. This is one of the shows I’ve been more interested in this season, mainly because Noto-sama is playing the lead heroine role, and god knows how long it’s been since she has had one (okay, Kanokon does count as one, but she was doing a male character) (oh crap, [...]
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I'm not going to bother with the usual synopsis, thoughts, and screencaps because this show really doesn't deserve that much attention. Read on for a summary...of sorts. The story starts with our normal guy hero Yuuto watching Kujian Dojikko-chan because of the recommendation of his friend Mako-cakes. Yuuto's reaction to Dojikko-chan is on par with my reaction to this series. After all, he's
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OP: “Tomadoi Bitter Tune” by Miran Himemiya and Chocolate Rockers - I don’t think the OP is bad at all. I like how some of it is presented, like with the magazine going through a Photoshop type program at the start. Other than that, it’s pretty standard stuff though.
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