Category: Miscellaneous

Well it’s been a little over a week since the new season “officially” started by my books. I logged about 20 entries in that week, though I think I only fully wrote up about 14 of those, which is about what I normally average. Before I go into which shows I’m going to drop, I’d like to point out the ones I really enjoyed. My top three for the past week would probably be 1. Ouran High School Host Club 2. Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu and 3. NANA. The first two have the perfect combination of humor with great production quality, and NANA is a series that lives up to all my expectations.
On the other end of the spectrum, the entries without summaries from the past week are probably going to remain without summaries, with the exception of the finale of Jigoku Shoujo and the first episode of Suzumiya Haruhi. Here’s the rundown of the shows I’ve decided to no longer write about:

KIBA – The first episode wasn’t bad and the show has potential, but Saturdays bring a lot of shows, including the upcoming Tsubasa Chronicle which I know I’m going to cover. And since this is a Sunday morning show (in Japan), that means that it’s fairly inconvenient for me to blog.

Joshi Kousei GIRL’S-HIGH – The first episode was pretty disappointing, didn’t feel funny enough.

Simoun – Part of me wants to do this series, but the other part of would really rather not. It’s really an issue of time (Mondays are tough for me) and the fact that I’d rather blog Utawarerumono. It’s also not nearly as mindless and easy to watch as Strawberry Panic!

Disgaea – I’ll probably watch episode two just for Etna, but I have big doubts about this show being any good in the humor or plot departments.

Nishi no Yoki Majo Astraea Testament – As I said in my thoughts about the first episode, this show really isn’t for me.

Several of the shows I want to give a couple more episodes trial (Soul Link, Inukami!, Himawari!, Strawberry Panic!) before I make a decision. Some of these may be considered inferior to the ones I’m dropping, but I’m giving them more of a chance either because they appeal to a certain part of me or because they have a relatively good timeslot (in relation to my own schedule). There are also a few more series that haven’t premiered yet, including the aforementioned Tsubasa Chronicle and the upcoming The Third. And on top of that, I’m also considering checking out a few J-Dramas that are set to premiere soon: Attention Please, Gal Circle, and Oishii Proposal.

In other news:

The Mai-Otome official site has updated with information about the OVAs. Specifically, it mentions that the characters from the TV series will be back after powering-up, and that Arika, Nina, and Mashiro’s story is not over yet. Hrm, that actually disappoints me a little because I was hoping for an entirely new story without interference from the old cast.

Navel is making another game with the characters from SHUFFLE!. It’s going to be called Really? Really!. They sure know how to choose names… -_-;;

And finally, I’d like to mention that this site hit 10,000 comments sometime in the past day! A huge thanks to everyone who reads this blog!

So this week (and to an extent next week) are going to be pretty busy for this blog. Inevitabely, there’s going to be shows (like Haruhi) that were under my radar when I did my initial round of research a couple of weeks ago. Any shows that I’m unsure if I’m going keep blogging will be filed under Miscellaneous and likely won’t get a summary unless I have the time or really really liked the episode. Of course I can be swayed by you the reader. So if you like a show, leave a comment (Edit: Sorry, I wasn’t clear. If you like a show, leave a comment under that show’s entry). At the end of this week or next I’ll look over all the shows and figure out roughly what I want to stick with.
On today’s schedule is Joshi Kousei Girl’s-High, Strawberry Panic, and Simoun.