April was a bit pants, really.
Okay, so after my latest bout of bandwidth blues and so forth I finished up a couple of shows and decided to drop another.
So long, Bokura ga Ita, I just can’t be arsed; I’ll read the infinitely superior manga instead. Sorry!
And because I’m far too lazy to put up the individual episodes now, I’ll sum up my feelings on the two shows I’ve finished off:
Honey and Clover II - what an excellent show, once again, and a perfect ending. Yes, I cried HOT BLOODED MANLY TEARS because it was far too resonant with my current post-grad life and it was too well done by far. Bravo, JC Staff; for once you made a show that was consistent in almost every way the whole way through, even if you did do it by slavishly copying the manga! One of the best shows I’ve seen in years, really.
Ouran High School Host Club - even by the end, I still can’t appreciate Ouran on much more than a technical level. Every episode is slick and beautiful, but the end product still feels soulless and not especially entertaining. Each time I watched an episode it immediately flew out of my mind and I struggle to remember anything especially interesting about it, really. I guess it wasn’t my type of show overall, despite how well done it was; despite Jyu-Oh-Sei’s dodgy ending, I think I enjoyed it quite a lot more overall, and I’d probably pick it up on DVD whereas Ouran would be a pass from me. Ah well.
Bring on the October season! Yet more anime for me to fall behind on! Admittedly, I’m not really looking forward to much this season, but I guess we’ll just have to wait and see…
October 1st, 2006 at 5:50 pm
The thing is, I kind of agree. There were so many anime series in April (a record in Japan, I heard), and I ended up only following 5 series out of what, 50-something.
As for Bokura Ga Ita, I couldn’t stick to the manga since the anime has a very unique and wonderful atmosphere….
October 1st, 2006 at 10:53 pm
ditto exactly your opinions on HCII and Ouran. I really had difficulties treating Ouran as more than discrete episodes; whereas manly tears swelled up my eyes as I watched Takemoto bowed and gave the monologue on his apartment that mirrored the 1st episode from HCI. It made me remembered all the wonderful things that spanned the whole story in the two seasons.
“Boku wa kyou, koko wo dete iku.”
October 1st, 2006 at 11:25 pm
You really need to get those bandwidth issues sorted out ^^;
October 2nd, 2006 at 2:03 pm
So a new season to look forward too. I felt Ouran was extravagant, but I enjoyed it. Dropping Bokura eh? I just noticed your Dropped section to the right ^^ its quite long, but understandable. cheers
October 3rd, 2006 at 8:01 pm
Get off his dick man! ^_^ I love this thing….. You should take your time and turn it into a hobby. Do something else rather than sitting and your computer and writting shit. YES that goes for me asswell. BYE. KUTBARE.
October 21st, 2006 at 10:20 am
Loved Ouran! Bought the DVD. Funny, funny, funny! I love your blog. Keeps me updated on the interesting anime to watch. Thanks for taking the time!
December 29th, 2006 at 1:34 pm
hmmm..is the manga for bokura ga ita that much better?!?!?!?!
:(
i can’t find it anywhere!!!
do you know where i can buy a copy of that?
thanx
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