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Kazuki and Yuuji were childhood friends, but Yuuji had to leave for 10 years. When Kazuki finds out he is coming back, she is anticipating what kind of man he has become. Despite her illusions, he turns out to be a dirty pervert who is trying to win her love (or body?). In spite of her disappointment, she begins to realize that despite Yuuji's lewd ways, he values their long friendship and Kazuki's kind older sister, Hatsune, tries to help their relationship along. Meanwhile, Yuuji’s little sister, Marie, punishes his lustful outbursts by shooting him with a painful, but non-lethal, automatic air rifle.

It's not great, but it's absolutely not bad; Tona-Gura gets stuck somewhere in the middle. I liked it and it left me with a smile, wishing the serie had gone on for longer as it had potential. The story is pretty bland and never really kicks off, but still, I enjoyed watching it.

The Melancholy is a story about the every day life of Haruhi Suzumiya, a young and very active high school girl. It's narrated from the point of view of one of her classmates, Kyon. It's clear from the first day that there's something odd about Miharu, when during her introduction she explains that she has no interrest in ordinary humans, but would rather like to meet with timetravelers, aliens or espers.

This was a crazy fun show to watch, even though I got to watch the episodes "out of order". The episodes were aired in a nonlinear order, and I decided to watch them as such (aligning them in their chronological order would require some thinking, and my head hurts, boo hoo).

If you're a fan of paranormal comedies, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya will rock your socks. :-]

After a massive land subsidence, most of the world are covered in water. Aika Sumeragi is a salvager working for a small company. Together with the company president's daughter, Rion, she embarks on a mission to retrieve an artifact called Lagu. They're not the only ones looking for the Lagu though, and before long they are captured.......by a guy who's housing an army of a harem, or something to that extent. The entire army is made up of girls in short skirts...

This serie was a lot of fun to watch, even though there were no heavy character developments. On the other hand, there's tons and tons of panties. Yes, panties! Short skirts means panties! There's a pantyshot about once every 20 seconds all throughout the serie. Boiiiing! :-]

Sometime in the distant future, Humanity has managed to survive, but only in isolated cities and through the use of cloning and robotic servants called AutoReivs. Life in the cities are strictly controlled by management dedicated to preserving their 'utopian' way of life.

But something is causing the AutoReivs to become independent and is driving them to seek to escape the city. Re-l Mayer, an inspector from the Citizen Information Bureau, learns that the awakenings of the ‘autoraves’ is caused by an encounter with something called a Proxy. In seeking to learn more, Re-l stumbles into a secret that management is desperately trying to hide and will go to any lengths to keep suppressed...

This show is awesome in almost every way possible. Beautiful animations blended with a deep story and strong, interresting and growing characters. I wanted to see more and more and often found myself watching 5-6 episodes in a row, until reluctantly, earlier today, I finished the serie, effectively leaving me with a void -- partially so because all questions aren't answered, but I always end up feeling a little empty once I've finished with a serie.

This is one I'll get back to eventually though. The philosophic nature of Ergo Proxy is on a level I haven't seen before, and it has been an interresting experience.

Sakura Kusakabe is a second year junior high school student, living an ordinary life. Well, right up until Dokuro Mitsukai shows up. She appears to be an angelic assassin from the future, sent back to kill Sakura for having offended God by discovering immortality.

Dokuro-chan decides that instead of killing Sakura, she tries to keep him occupied so that he won't have time to discover immortality. Due to her impulsive nature and superhuman strength she frequently beat him to death with her spiked club, Excalibolg, though he's promptly brought back to life again with her angelic magic. Because of Dokuro-chan's reluctance to kill Sakura, Sabato Mihashigo - another angelic assassin - was dispatched to finish the job.

Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan is hysterical, to say the least. It's bloody, gory and hillarious. I laughed my way through all the episodes, all jokes and obscene occurences make up for a great time.

Find it, watch it, love it. :-]

Saisho Heiki Kanojo or Saikano for short, is a story about love and disaster. The story revolves around Shuji and Chise, classmates and boyfriend and girlfriend.

One day when shuji is out shopping with his friends, unknown bombers attack the city. They all run for cover, but Shuji gets separated from the others. He spots a glowing object in the sky that shoot down the enemy bombers. As he wanders through the wrecked city, he notices Chise standing in the rubble with metal wings and a weapon seemingly grated on to her arm -- was she the one fighting of the enemies?!... She tells him that she has become the Ultimate Weapon, Japans last resort to defending against invasion by the unknown enemy forces. The weapon side is however taking over her body more and more, over time her heart stops beating and her body goes cold, the senses of taste and touch are dulled.

There were a couple of things that annoyed me to no end, especially the fact that everyone has red lines across their cheeks (as seen in this image). At first I thought "hey, they're blushing" but it later turned out that that's just the way everyone looks.....what the hell..?

While Saikano don't come with the greatest story and (in my opinion) a rather limited character development, apart from maybe Chise, I still enjoyed it. I thought it was really sad, not so much from the aspect of Shuji and Chise's relationship (even though that was pretty sad in itself), but rather because of the fate Japan (and the rest of the world) stand up against. The last couple of episodes were really touching and brought me to tears (and again, I'm a real softie, I cry pretty easy :'-] ).

If you're into weird romance with a "hint" of destruction, Saikano would probably be a good friend for a few hours. :-]

The three sisters Ai, Mai and Mii, together with their ferret Unagi and the robotic maid Mea, live in a timetraveling mansion. They're hopping through time in search for "The One", someone who could tell them what they're really looking for.

The girls each have special powers, and Ai has the ability to speak with the Popotan (which is their nonsense way of saying dandelion, correctly called 'tanpopo'). Everywhere they stop, they find a patch of Popotan, or even a single flower (really, people put dandelions in pots? They're a weed where I come from... :-] ) that Ai sit down and have a little chat with, asking for information about where they can find The One.

The other special powers are Mii's healing "magic" and Mai's, well, atlethics. (Really, all she does is jump real high. A sucky power if you ask me)..

The anime is based on a hentai visual-novel game, and while there aren't any sexually explicit scenes in the series, there's still a lot of nudity. Mostly upper body shots and all portrayed in really good taste though, so no need to be alarmed. :-P

As the story progresses, and as the sisters travel through time, they encounter a lot of people and make many new friends. Regrettably, as there are many sad goodbye's. The second half of the twelve episode long series gets really sad, and by the time I got to episode ten I had a lump in my throat and I struggled to keep the tears back. (Really, I'm such a softie... :'-] )

Overall, this was great! I absolutely loved it and would recommend it. There's comedy, drama, fantasy (and for those who're into it, ecchi), so most everyone is sure to find something they'd like. :-]

What caught my eye was the eyepatch that Lucia is wearing (no pun intended), and I thought the show had something to do with pirates. I was wrong, but it turned out the eyepatch covered something more than just a wounded eye typical for pirate eyepatches..

Venus Versus Virus starts out pretty slowly, but it soon picks up and after two, three episodes you're caught up in the lives of Sumire and Lucia, the two girls facing the forces of evil; a demon breed simply called Virus.

While the ending was a bit of a disappointment, the overall experience is enjoyable - and you wish the serie would go on for longer than twelve episodes. Also, you wish there'd be some action between Sumire and Lucia; the tension is already present, go grab on to each other!

Venus Versus Virus delivers. ^_^

There's no easy way to describe this serie. It's an orgy of nudity, blood and gore, mixed together with horror, comedy, drama, romance, action, science-fiction, and suspense, just to name a few, the list goes on..

The first few minutes of the first episode is probably the bloodiest I have ever laid my eyes on, and contrary to what you may believe, it's not a bad thing. The story gradually takes a "more" serious tone (meaning less gore and/or nudity) and the viewer get more emotionally attached to the characters, and we slowly, slowly, crawl down under their skin and discover how they all connect.

It's been a long time since a show has moved me the way Elfen Lied did, and even though the ending was a bit "unsatisfactory" (seems like all shows I watch end in this manner) I have to praise it. Elfen Lied delivers big time. ^____^

A dangerous girl with guns in a city where you can trust no one - and that's not even half of it...

Revy, the girl that comes packing, is a smuggler together with Dutch and Benny, and they roam the Southeast Asian seas on the PT boat Black Lagoon. In one of their hits they end up with a hostage - Rock - who eventually joins the party. Time for fun!

Lots of wild gunfights, almost-non-stop action and a storyline that's really entertaining, interresting and fun. I'm wishing there was more material in the Manga though, to make a third season - the second season of the anime ends in a really nasty cliffhanger.. I want answers, damnit!

Black Lagoon delivers. ^__^