![[KissSub]Lovely Complex - 04[9C06B80E]XviD[(017097)03-26-27]](http://fortyfourfennecs.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/kisssublovely-complex-049c06b80exvid01709703-26-27.jpg?w=940&h=240&crop=1 "[KissSub]Lovely Complex - 04[9C06B80E]XviD[(017097)03-26-27]")
AnoNatsu 3: Reaching Out and Clearing Misunderstandings
Oh the PAINNNNNN when that happens.
AnoNatsu wasn’t anything special for the first 2 episodes, but it was still pretty cute and heartwarming. The third episode, however, was a great romantic comedy in my eyes and I look forward to the upcoming episodes. What I found notable about this episode (aside from the great comedy and stalking tendencies of Lemon-senpai), was how fast the love polygon was established solidly (more than just a blush here and there) and how quickly Kaito and Ichika cleared up their misunderstanding. It doesn’t waste any time. Read the rest of this entry
Gunpla 101: Introduction to Absolute Beginners, Straight Building and Inking
I’ve been trying to get people into gunpla for a while now, and this is a guide to building for absolute beginners. You don’t need to know ANYTHING to start with this guide.
Gunpla (Gundam Plastic Model) is a great hobby! It’s really fun, even if you never built anything before and don’t know much about the Gundam shows you should try it out!
I won’t be covering advanced techniques in this guide, but rather only the bare minimum to build a model kit. When I first started out, I didn’t jump right into everything and make my model epicly awesome. I just did the bare minimum. I built a few kits that way, learn a new skill, build a few more kits using that skill, then learn another one, and so on. I gradually incorporate different techniques into my process as I go.
I recommend starting with a High Grade kit, then moving on to Master Grade kits later on. The Grade determines the size and amount of detail (and price!). High Grades are usually $15-$25, 1/144 scale, 13-15 centimeters tall. They have decent detail and movement, but can’t compare to a Master Grade. MGs are $50+, 1/100 scale, ~20cm tall and have very high detail. Since they’re more complex and expensive, I recommend you build a few HG kits first to get started. There are more Grades, but these are the two main ones. I’ll write about the other ones later!
For the curious, the pictures used in this guide are of the High Grade kit of the RGM-96X Jesta that appears in Gundam Unicorn 4! It’s a really cool machine! Read the rest of this entry
The Battle Couple in Inu X Boku 2
I didn’t expect to like Inu X Boku at all, but after Draggle’s first impressions post I decided to give it a shot. Surprisingly, I liked it. The two leads play off each other well, and although Ririchiyo’s character archetype is one that often fails (dirty mouthed tsundere that says the opposite of what she means) she’s not bad. She was a bitch in the beginning of the first ep, which is probably the writer’s rushed attempt to quickly establish her character. After that first scene she’s pretty toned down, and is a likeable character. The dog (I keep forgetting his name) can be annoying at times, but most of the time it’s pretty funny. Read the rest of this entry
![[Music] Favorites from iDOLM@STER](http://fortyfourfennecs.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/vlcsnap-2011-12-22-07h32m14s206.png?w=90&h=70&crop=1 "[Music] Favorites from iDOLM@STER")
[Music] Favorites from iDOLM@STER
Continuing on from my previous post, this is another that features “the songs of the moment” that are prominent in my mind.
Smoky Thrill – Ryuguu Komachi
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Clichegear, Oh How You Piss Me So
After the bland first episode I didn’t expect Symphogear to be good, but now that the second episode came out this show really pisses me off. The first episode had a few annoying parts, like 5camp pointed out that Kanade (the red haired one) sacrificed herself despite being one of the few people that can actually fight the Noise just to save some random girl she doesn’t know. Yeah, her suit’s power was running out, but she could have retreated and let Tsubasa (that blue one) do the work. Plug your gadgets in at night, dammit. So what does the second episode do? Read the rest of this entry
![Katawa Shoujo – Initial Review, And Hanako’s Good End [No Spoilers]](http://fortyfourfennecs.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/katawa-shoujo_13.png?w=90&h=70&crop=1 "Katawa Shoujo – Initial Review, And Hanako’s Good End [No Spoilers]")
Katawa Shoujo – Initial Review, And Hanako’s Good End [No Spoilers]
Katawa Shoujo is an Original English Language Visual Novel, started by a thread on 4chan and gained traction to become its own development project. It was released on January 4th 2012 for free, after 5 years of development. It is a wonderful example of how an online community of people with similar interests can come together to produce something, though from what I heard it had its own share of internal problems. Despite being in development for 5 years, I never heard of it until 2DT wrote a post about his brief involvement.
Story
The story, without giving away too much, follows the main character Hisao who was hospitalized due to a heart attack from heart arrhythmia. Because his condition can worsen to become fatal, and he has to take a large amount of medication to stay alive, his doctor and family advise him to attend Yamaku High School for disabled children after he was discharged. Initially enraged and uncomfortable at suddenly becoming “abnormal” as well as having to get used to a new surrounding of different types of people at his new school, Hisao takes a while to adapt. After meeting the main female characters, you follow a route to pursue a girl based on decisions you make. Read the rest of this entry
A Moonlit Fantasy – Jumping on the iM@S Shipping Bandwagon
In case you haven’t heard, this trend started off with a discussion abut favorite iDOLM@STER characters on twitter, which turned into shipping various people with various characters. This turned into 2DT‘s series of Idols in Love: The Blogosphere x The Idolm@ster where he picks various people to be shipped with different characters (part 1, part 2, part 3), which inspired Krizzlybear‘s Imaginary Dates where he tries a different approach by writing about himself going on a date with each of the characters to check how compatible he is with each of them (part 1, part 2).
Now in my twist of the trend, to be original I’m writing a longer detailed version of a theoretical date with just my favorite character Takane. Yup, this is going to be a delusional post about a ‘date’ with a 2D character. Written story-style (this is going to be so awkward writing about myself in third person) to make it different and unique from Krizzly’s posts, for SCIENCE!
This is going to be interesting, as I don’t really understand personalities (neither for 3D or 2D people, or even myself) so this might be totally wrong. And my perception of myself might be totally skewed (BOTH 2DT and Krizzly said I’d be most compatible with Ritsuko, which shocked me – they said I am hardworking but one of the first things I say when I describe myself is lazy!). Oh and I think I inherited a hidden playboy gene or something that seems to only activate around love interests and makes me instinctively ‘smoother’. Let’s see how this goes, and whether it triggers CasanovAnya!
3… 2… 1… Reality, Disconnect! Read the rest of this entry
