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		<title>Hikari to Hotaru moves to NotCliche!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirapika</dc:creator>
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You must&#8217;ve heard me ranting in twitter about how I fuckin&#8217; hated freehostia and it&#8217;s stupeeeed limitations not so long ago. Now, thanks to Netto-san from NotCliche, Hikari to Hotaru moves to another server! A big big big thanks to Netto-san for [...]]]></description>
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<p>You must&#8217;ve heard me ranting in twitter about how I fuckin&#8217; hated freehostia and it&#8217;s stupeeeed limitations not so long ago. Now, thanks to Netto-san from NotCliche, Hikari to Hotaru moves to another server! A big big big thanks to Netto-san for the free hosting! ^^</p>
<p>In due with this, for those who were kind to add me in their Blogroll, if it&#8217;s not a hassle, please change your links to this:</p>
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<p>Also, I&#8217;ve decided to just name this blog simply &#8216;{:FireflyLights:}&#8217; than Hikari to Hotaru so please change that too. It&#8217;s alright if you don&#8217;t though.. as long as the link is fine ^^ If you do decide to change the name too in your blogroll, with or without the {: :}`s, it&#8217;s fine by moi.</p>
<p>Thanks again for those who helped me! :]</p>
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		<title>Sneak Peek: Kimi ni Todoke Anime (Update: Seiyuus Announced!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirapika</dc:creator>
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Update: Voice Actors/Actress for the characters have been announced! They&#8217;re in red and clickable, btw.  
Wow.. preview already!? YEP! Why? It&#8217;s only because this is if not the most, one of my anticipated anime series that will air on Fall `09. Isn&#8217;t Fall just awesome!? *nods* *nods*
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Update: Voice Actors/Actress for the characters have been announced! They&#8217;re in red and clickable, btw. <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/happy_16x16.png' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </em></p>
<p>Wow.. preview already!? YEP! Why? It&#8217;s only because this is if not the most, one of my anticipated anime series that will air on Fall `09. Isn&#8217;t Fall just <strong>awesome</strong>!? *nods* *nods*</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure majority of us who has read/seen the manga (and were totally ah-mazed by it) are most definitely awaiting for this one, ain&#8217;t I right, co-fans of KnT!? ^__^ If not, let this post inspire you to watch this totally gorgeous series. Even romance-haters will love it!</p>
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<p>First of all, I&#8217;d like to give thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/kanzeon/status/2614018563">Kanzie&#8217;s tweet</a> about the official site for Kimi ni Todoke anime, where I found most of the details in here. Thanks Kanzie! <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/laugh_16x16.png' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">(I feel so FC for calling you with that nickname.. sowwy~ hehe. )</span> <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/tongue_16x16.png' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Anyhow, here&#8217;s the link to the official site: <a href="http://www.ntv.co.jp/kiminitodoke/">http://www.ntv.co.jp/kiminitodoke/</a></p>
<p><strong>Mangaka:</strong> Karuho Shiina</p>
<p><strong>Producers</strong>: Production I.G (Tsubasa Chronicle, Higashi no Eden, Prince of Tennis, Sengoku Basara.. etc.)</p>
<div><strong>Genres</strong>: Romance, School Life, Shoujo</div>
<p style="text-align: center;">_*   *_</p>
<p>So what exactly is Kimi ni Todoke all about?</p>
<p><strong>Story and Plot:</strong></p>
<p>From <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=8177">ANN</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Kimi ni Todoke is about a girl named Kuronuma Sawako. She is nicknamed Sadako (from the ring) because many people see her as strange and often mistake her for a ghost. A boy called Kazehaya kun becomes her friend and, to her, is &#8220;100% refreshness.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>From <a href="http://myanimelist.net/anime/6045/Kimi_ni_Todoke">MyAnimeList</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>This story is centered around a girl named Kuronuma Sawako who is nicknamed Sadako (ghost girl from &#8220;The Ring&#8221;) by her classmates because of her scary face and demeanor. She greatly admires Kazehaya-kun from afar, he is &#8220;100% refreshing&#8221; and is able to draw in people with his personality. Unlike her facial expressions she yearns to make friends and live as a normal student. Gradually she starts affects those around her, including Kazehaya-kun&#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p>Interested already..? Not, oh geez why are you so difficult to persuade..!? *sigh*</p>
<p><strong>Characters and character designs: </strong></p>
<p>Now for the characters of Kimi ni Todoke~ As of now, the seiyuus for the anime are still undefined but as soon as an official announcement comes out, I&#8217;ll be editing this post. ^^;; Now, you&#8217;ll be seeing the character design/art in the anime and I tell you, it doesn&#8217;t disappoint. I like the way how they still managed to adapt the unique style of the mangaka into the anime. Props for them~ ;3</p>
<p>(Character Info (c) to Wikipedia ^w^)</p>
<p>Note: Names are written: <em>Last Name | First Name</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/KnTanimepev_02.png" alt="" width="146" height="190" /><strong>Kuronuma Sawako</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>(VA: <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=3166"><span style="color: #ff0000;">MAMIKO NOTO</span></a>)</strong></p>
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Kuronuma Sawako (a.k.a. Sadako by classmates) is a shy yet honest girl who is in search of friendship. She is now making friends and talking to different people. She is grateful (and at first, worships) Kazehaya for giving her the opportunities to make these friends. She is close friends with Yano, Yoshida, Kazehaya and Ryuu. She is short due to the fact that her father is very short (160cm). At the first visit by Chizuru and Ayane to Sawako&#8217;s house, Chizuru notes that Sawako&#8217;s lips looks like her mother and mostly the other features looks like her father.
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/KnTanimepev_03.png" alt="" width="159" height="182" /><strong>Kazehaya Shouta</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>(VA: <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=1289"><span style="color: #ff0000;">DAISUKE NAMIKAWA</span></a>)<br />
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Kazekaya Shouta is an outgoing and friendly classmate of Sawako. He is very popular in the school and previously in his middle school so many of the girls liked him that they formed a &#8216;Kazehaya is everyone&#8217;s&#8217; alliance to have a peace treaty between Kazehaya admirers, which led to the fact that now in the high school these characters attend to, in the girls there are more than half of Kazehaya&#8217;s old middle school attending. Since the beginning Kazekaya is very obviously infatuated with Sawako.
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/KnTanimepev_04.png" alt="" width="150" height="181" /><strong>Yoshida Chizu</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>(VA: <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=22150"><span style="color: #ff0000;">YUKO SANPEI</span></a>)<br />
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Yoshida Chizuru is another close friend of Sawako. She is the tomboy of the group, and she even admits this when Ryuu calls them brothers, where she argues about who is the older rather than that she is not a &#8216;brother&#8217;. In Hirumi&#8217;s fake rumours it was passed around that she was a former Yankee. She is a close childhood friend with Ryuu Sanada, who is also the son of the owner of her favorite ramen shop. She went to Kazehaya&#8217;s middle school as well. She has a crush on Ryuu&#8217;s brother, Tooru. Chizuru is mostly only the slower side of things; she did not realise that Kazehaya liked Sawako (even though she and Ayane planned many events for them) until late in the series, after the 2nd year in their school has started.
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/KnTanimepev_05.png" alt="" width="155" height="182" /><strong>Yano Ayane</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>(VA: <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=5735"><span style="color: #ff0000;">MIYUKI SAWASHIRO</span></a>)<br />
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Yano Ayane is a close friend of Sawako. She is the arguably the most mature of the group and has a boyfriend in college. In Hirumi&#8217;s fake rumours, it is said that Ayane has played with more than 100 guys in middle school. A trait of Ayane&#8217;s personality is that she gives just enough information to leave them wonder. Although she is usually calm and collected, when it comes to Sawako feeling sad, she can be furious and attack the causer (Kazehaya most oftenly) with kicks and sharp words.
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/KnTanimepev_06.png" alt="" width="154" height="177" /><strong>Sanada Ryuu</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>(VA: <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=15878"><span style="color: #ff0000;">YUUICHI NAKAMURA</span></a>)<br />
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Sanada Ryuu is also one of Sawako&#8217;s new group. He is quiet most of the time and rarely talks, but still can communicate well with Sawako (as they both don&#8217;t talk much anyways). He is a close childhood friend with Chizuru. He is also good baseball mates with Kazehaya since they both played together in middle school.
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p171/megmerrai/Manga/KimiNiTodoke.jpg" alt="" width="157" height="250" />(the blonde one ^^)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Kurumizawa Ume</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>(VA: <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=6581"><span style="color: #ff0000;">AYA HIRANO</span></a>)</strong></p>
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A girl who appears friendly and sweet to everyone around her, she has had a huge crush on Kazehaya since their first year of middle school. She dislikes her given name, Ume, because it sounds old-fashioned and prefers to be called her nickname, &#8220;Kurumi.&#8221; She is extremely jealous of Sawako, which led her to spread fake rumours of Sawako&#8217;s only friends at the time, Yoshida and Yano, using Sawako&#8217;s name. Kurumi does not attend the same class as Sawako or Kazehaya. She eventually confesses her love to Kazehaya, but receives an expected rejection. <sup id="cite_ref-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimi_ni_Todoke#cite_note-8"></a></sup>Because she is always surprised with Sawako&#8217;s naiveté, Kurumi is able to become friends with her, as well as a rival for Kazehaya&#8217;s affection. Following Kazehaya&#8217;s rejection, she becomes colder to her classmates, but is able to finally express her true feelings and personality.
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<p style="text-align: center;">_*   *_</p>
<p><strong>Other News:</strong></p>
<p>Did you know that on October 15, 2009 a DS game of Kimi ni Todoke will be released? If not then now you know! Get ready and start saving up your money~</p>
<p>Gahh. I am so bummed up that one, my DS is broken and two, I can&#8217;t afford buying the game. *sigh* Envies~ &gt;3&lt;</p>
<p><strong>DS Cover:</strong></p>
<p><strong><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/KnTanimepev_07.png" alt="" width="243" height="223" />Some screenshots:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/KnTanimepev_08.png" alt="" width="428" height="111" /></strong><em>So CUTE~! Gahh. Now I want bigger versions &gt;.&lt;</em> *sigh*</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">_*       *_</p>
<p><strong>Thoughts:</strong></p>
<p>All in all, if you haven&#8217;t noticed by now, I&#8217;m just really excited to see this in an anime adaptation. You do not know how I reacted when I found out that this will be made into an anime.. I literally jumped with joy! Okay, I&#8217;m exaggerating on the latter part but I had this big smile on my face when I found out.</p>
<p>Anyhow, if you haven&#8217;t read Kimi ni Todoke yet and is interested in watching the anime.. the choice is yours whether you want to read the manga but it&#8217;s recommendable~</p>
<p>Seeing as this is Production IG were talking about, I&#8217;m looking forward to not be disappointed but I am expecting for more~ Let&#8217;s just hope that the anime doesn&#8217;t ruin our great manga, ne~? Hehe. TwT</p>
<p>Just a little poll&#8230;<br />
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<p><noscript>&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=&#8221;http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1782268/&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1782268/&#8221;&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Will you be watch Kimi ni Todoke (anime)?&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span style=&#8221;font-size:9px;&#8221; mce_style=&#8221;font-size:9px;&#8221;&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;(&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=&#8221;http://answers.polldaddy.com&#8221; mce_href=&#8221;http://answers.polldaddy.com&#8221;&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;answers&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;)&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; </noscript></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">_*          *_</p>
<p><strong>EDIT</strong>: ZOMG KYAAAA~ The announcement of the Seiyuus totally made my day better ^^ I can&#8217;t wait to see this cast work their way in Kimi ni Todoke. It seriously makes me eager to see it already! :]</p>
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		<title>Arisa ch. 07 &#8211; It&#8217;s those times when you feel like killing someone..</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirapika</dc:creator>
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It&#8217;s ARISA time again! And you know what? I really don&#8217;t feel like saying my usual &#8216;It&#8217;s not what you think&#8230;&#8217; line because this chapter won&#8217;t even allow you to stop and think because of the excitment!  
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<p>It&#8217;s ARISA time again! And you know what? I really don&#8217;t feel like saying my usual &#8216;It&#8217;s not what you think&#8230;&#8217; line because this chapter won&#8217;t even allow you to stop and think because of the excitment! <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/laugh_16x16.png' alt='xD' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>The reason for the collage-y banner is because I didn&#8217;t have time to make my usually-long Arisa commentary posts so.. this will be my comments <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">and rantings</span> on this awesome chapter (as usual.)</p>
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<p>As usual, the chapter ended up with a cliffhanger but I actually liked the cliffhanger. Why? It makes me want to ship those two! But yeah, just like kanzie and Xiao Jie said, this series can survive and remain popular (well&#8230;) even without the romance. Plus, shipping is shipping, as wikipedia says:</p>
<blockquote><p>Shipping can involve virtually any kind of relationship — from the well-known and established, to the ambiguous or those undergoing development, and <em><strong>even </strong>to the highly improbable and the blatantly impossible</em>. People involved in shipping (or <em>shippers</em>) assert that the relationship <em>does</em> exist, <em>will</em> exist, or simply that they <em><strong>would <em>like</em></strong></em> it to exist.</p></blockquote>
<p>Although it doesn&#8217;t mean that there&#8217;s no possibility for romance, it&#8217;s just that, now is not the time for romance stuff. I mean, in the middle of a crisis like this you choose to fall in love? Blasphemy. <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/tongue_16x16.png' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> It irritates me that some people look like they&#8217;re just reading this series because of the shipping.. *sigh*</p>
<p>I must admit, I&#8217;m guilty of shipping these two but I&#8217;m not going over-the-top <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/laugh_16x16.png' alt=':lol:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>The whole hospital scene had me confused. Is Mariko some ninja or was Tsubasa and Takeru just ignorant to not notice? I know they were outside looking for Arisa but duuuude, the staff of the hospital should&#8217;ve noticed! And I just lol`ed at the robot clown. <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/laugh_16x16.png' alt='XD' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I think that in this chapter, I really wanted to smash Mariko&#8217;s face on the wall or do the Umineko style gouge the <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">everything!</span> &#8230;. and kill! I&#8217;ve had enough of her fake genkiness whenever she&#8217;s around Tsubasa. She&#8217;s such a <strong>bitch</strong>. Here I am, still betting that she&#8217;s the one who&#8217;s currently doing the King thing. T__T Sheeeeesh, I hate characters like her. :\ By the way she&#8217;s looking toward Midori and Tsubasa(who&#8217;s acting as Arisa)&#8217;s direction, my impression was that she liked Midori and was jealous. It could just be that she&#8217;s just planning another evil plot but the way she sliced that apple? I don&#8217;t really think so.</p>
<p>OMGZ. Tsubasa&#8217;s real appearance was seen by Manabe! Suspense, suspense! Now that I think about it, Manabe looked like Seiya from Kitchen Princess in that get up. :] *is someone who actually likes Seiya*</p>
<p>Oh dear, I really can&#8217;t wait for the next chapter and judging by Xiao Jie&#8217;s <a href="http://eksentrick.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/prespoiler-nakayoshi-sept-‘09-issue/">PreSpoiler post</a>, <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">which I haven&#8217;t commented on yet but hopefully I will</span>, it&#8217;s going to be exciting! And that would surely make those fangirls happy <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/tongue_16x16.png' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Oh btw, sorry for the lack of images; you can actually see the events that I mentioned on the banner up there. Being busy sucks</span> :]</p>
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		<title>Watashi ni xx Shinasai! ch. 03 &#8211; Kiss x Miss</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirapika</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it&#8217;s that time again where another chapter of Watashi ni xx Shinasai gets scanlated (actually it got released a week ago -_-&#8221;) and here&#8217;s I, kitari, with my chapter review!
Mission 3&#8217;s goal is kissing. Will they Kiss or Miss?

We all know that they really wouldn&#8217;t kiss yet in this chapter because they&#8217;re still on the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/WnxxS_03_01.png" alt="" width="500" height="251" />So it&#8217;s that time again where another chapter of Watashi ni xx Shinasai gets scanlated (actually it got released a week ago -_-&#8221;) and here&#8217;s I, kitari, with my chapter review!</p>
<p>Mission 3&#8217;s goal is <em>kissing</em>. Will they Kiss or Miss?</p>
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<p>We all know that they really wouldn&#8217;t kiss <em>yet</em> in this chapter because they&#8217;re still on the stage where they&#8217;re not yet accustomed with each other or it&#8217;s just that, there&#8217;s no feeling at all. In their perspective, it&#8217;s just a game. Yukina is doing this so that she can have details for her novel and Kitami? He&#8217;s being blackmailed to help.</p>
<p>Despite all that conditions, Watashi ni xx Shinasai never fails to make me squeeeee in fangirl and this chapter was no exception. Actually, I fangirled a lot in this one. Fangirling can&#8217;t be triggered by kissing and stuff only, it&#8217;s the spark.</p>
<p>Imo, this chapter just proves even more how different it is from Tooyama-sensei&#8217;s other works. WnxxS! still has &#8216;Tooyama-cliches&#8217; but things have changed. Read on and find out..</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/WnxxS_03_02.png" alt="" width="500" height="511" /></p>
<p>The chapter starts with Yukina asking Shigure to kiss her for their third mission but because of Shigure&#8217;s arguing, they were spotted by two girls before they could even proceed to doing the act (Not that, Shigure would&#8217;ve wanted it to happen at that state). Before leaving, Yukina tells Shigure that she&#8217;ll definitely make it happen next time.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s be honest, you can&#8217;t really expect these two to fall in love with each other so fast and with so, you can&#8217;t expect a kiss so soon. Like I said a while ago, for them it would just be a game and not &#8216;love&#8217; at all. I admit I was disappointed that the kiss didn&#8217;t happen but when I looked at it again, now&#8217;s not the right time.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/WnxxS_03_03.png" alt="" width="500" height="338" /></p>
<p>Duuuuuuude Kitami&#8217;s so evil that I love him! Here&#8217;s one thing that&#8217;s different from Ema Tooyama&#8217;s other works, Kitami is a badboy. (The types that I go for in manga~) If you&#8217;ve noticed, the lead guys in Koko ni Iru Yo! and Mamacolle aren&#8217;t badboys, their the popular-yet-good type!</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">He&#8217;s probably Ema Tooyama&#8217;s hottest guy yet! &lt;3</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/WnxxS_03_04.png" alt="" width="400" height="463" /></p>
<p>Yukina&#8217;s reflection time is something I find touching. Touching in a way that she&#8217;s beginning to feel things that she usually doesn&#8217;t feel. It&#8217;s like she&#8217;s entering a world she didn&#8217;t knew existed. I just D`AWWWWWed so much while reading her lines here. ;3 Yukina can be so deredere!</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/WnxxS_03_05.png" alt="" width="500" height="486" /></p>
<p>So, Yukina and Akira arrive at Yukina&#8217;s house and was welcomed by her parents.</p>
<p>lolololololz. Yukina&#8217;s parents are amusing to see! So I guess we can assume know that Yukina has her dad&#8217;s attitude in her <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/laugh_16x16.png' alt='xD' class='wp-smiley' /> But anyways, it makes me laugh seeing them so lovey-dovey yet Yukina can&#8217;t get a hint for her novel (not that I&#8217;m blaming her). I don&#8217;t think I could eat properly if I see my parents acting like that but still, this is manga.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/WnxxS_03_06.png" alt="" width="360" height="468" /></p>
<p>LOL XDDDDD</p>
<p>Gee, Yukina is so straightforward~ Mama and Papa got dumbdounded by her sudden question <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/laugh_16x16.png' alt='xD' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/WnxxS_03_07.png" alt="" width="450" height="410" /></p>
<p>The next day, rumours of Yukina forcing Kitami to kiss her have spread out in the school and when Yukina arrived at her desk, she found it tortured and writings full of anger. A group of girls then asked Yukina to come with them for a talk.</p>
<p>I swear, those freak can go die in a fire now. I really hate stuff like fangirl rage in manga, it&#8217;s illogical. Well, you can&#8217;t help that they&#8217;d go that far because they like Kitami but seriously? They&#8217;re just making a fool out of themselves.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/WnxxS_03_08.png" alt="" width="450" height="209" /></p>
<p>On the back of the school, the girls confront Yukina about the rumour and what she did to Shigure. Shigure however, was just at the top, smirking and seeing how things will happen.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s another thing that Ema Tooyama-sensei likes so much, when the fangirls attack/confront the main girl. It happened a lot in Koko ni Iru Yo, mind you. <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/tongue_16x16.png' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> However..</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/WnxxS_03_09.png" alt="" width="350" height="509" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/WnxxS_03_10.png" alt="" width="350" height="291" /></p>
<p>Before the girls can continue with their bullying, Yukina starts talking and telling them their hidden secrets, because of this, the girls ran away from fear of their innermost secrets to be revealed. Shigure, who was observing got startled as the fangirl&#8217;s didn&#8217;t work on her at all like, she doesn&#8217;t have any weakness.</p>
<p>In this manga, the heroine doesn&#8217;t need saving from the hero, she and her fierceness can most specially save herself from trouble. Mou Yukina you&#8217;re just too awesome! &lt;3 This is why heroines like her are so likeable, they can stand on their own and not depend on others a lot.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/WnxxS_03_11.png" alt="" width="450" height="406" /></p>
<p>Even after getting her stuff back, she still doesn&#8217;t have her gym uniform and states that there&#8217;s something in there that she can&#8217;t show anyone. Of course, Shigure, who was eavesdropping got curious and went to the storage room. Shigure, who was in the storage room found her gym uniform and is wondering what secret might be in there. (I was lol-ing at that scene because he looked like a perv who was looking for a girl&#8217;s undies xDDD)</p>
<p>I&#8217;m guessing that Yukina saw where Shigure was already and that what she said was just a trap to lure him and confront him. <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/tongue_16x16.png' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/WnxxS_03_12.png" alt="" width="450" height="426" /></p>
<p>See what I mean? Take that Shigure, Yukina has pwned you yet again! XDDDDD</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/WnxxS_03_13.png" alt="" width="500" height="474" /></p>
<p>Yukina tells Shigure that she&#8217;s mad not because he&#8217;s trying to look for her weakness (see, she knows all along, that&#8217;s how awesome she is) but because he&#8217;s using the girls who go gaga for his own amusement. In other words, just because he knew that they liked him, he took the advantage of making this a way to find out Yukina&#8217;s weakness.</p>
<p>After that, Yukina tells Shigure for them to continue what they haven&#8217;t done last time.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/WnxxS_03_14.png" alt="" width="450" height="658" /></p>
<p>Kitami is still looking irritated on the whole idea and finally gave up saying that he just have to kiss her and it&#8217;s done with. Or something like that. This is why I adore these two &lt;3</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/WnxxS_03_15.png" alt="" width="500" height="401" /></p>
<p>Okay, be honest with me, who didn&#8217;t fangirl like crazy in this scene? Because I know I did =w= &lt;333</p>
<p>I&#8217;m melting inside out when I stumbled on that scene and both Yukina and Shigure&#8217;s expression doesn&#8217;t help either! Yukina&#8217;s innocent look and Shigure&#8217;s tough and determined (or is that irritated?) look together just makes me crazy! What triggered me was when Yukina said that Shigure was close and he responded by saying &#8216;Duh&#8217;.</p>
<p>Oh dear, I&#8217;m such an easily-pleased person XP</p>
<p>Enough about that, Shigure asks Yukina to close he eyes and she voluntarily follows, waiting for the kiss..</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/WnxxS_03_16.png" alt="" width="500" height="507" /></p>
<p>..only for it to be a kiss with the air (or pretend kiss)! <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Oh fck, blushing Shigure is adorable! Is he really a bad boy type!?</span></p>
<p>Yukina is obviously disappointed saying that Shigure has to kiss her on the lips and they argue. Shigure points out that her glasses were also in the way and tries to grab it from her. Yukina suddenly shouts that he shouldn&#8217;t touch her and she must have her glasses.</p>
<p>Wow.. just wow, I never expected Yukina to act like that. Here I am theorizing that Yukina will go deredere whenever she&#8217;s with Shigure or something&#8230; <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/tongue_16x16.png' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/WnxxS_03_17.png" alt="" width="450" height="654" /></p>
<p>Judging by her reaction, it was just too obvious for Shigure that her glasses were her weakness.</p>
<p><strong>Final Thoughts:</strong> This chapter was awesome! I didn&#8217;t expect her glasses to be her weakness at all! Now I&#8217;m just curious.. :O</p>
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<p>Btw, I found a spoiler for chapter 4 from the mangafox forums and would like to share it with you guys:</p>
<p><strong>Preview/Spoiler for Chapter 4: <br />
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<p><a href="javascript:void(null);" onclick="s_toggleDisplay(document.getElementById('SID1979650756'), this, 'Show &#9660;', 'Hide &#9650;');">Show &#9660;</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Mission 4: Teach me what true love is</span></p>
<p>quoted from <a href="http://forums.mangafox.com/member.php?u=321767">skaiwings</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Yukina&#8217;s weakpoint is not having her glasses on, and Kitami laughs about it a bit.<br />
After though, whether out of pity or just losing interest, Kitami just lets it go &#8220;for now&#8221;.<br />
Yukina is a bit worried about what would happen if he tell others about her weakness.<br />
The scene jumps to the next morning, and Kitami is seen being surrounded by girls.<br />
He says good morning to them, and the girls then see Yukina with Akira.<br />
They whisper about not wanting Kitami to be with Yukina ever again, and that she had better not pull another move.<br />
In response, Kitami goes directly over to Yukina and Akira, and says good morning with a huge grin on his face.<br />
Yukina gives him a cold look, and replies in a similar manner. Akira is just munching on a donut lol.<br />
Kitami asks Yukina why she still has that &#8220;trash&#8221;, meaning her glasses, and reaches out for them.<br />
Yukina flinches away, and runs in a different direction.<br />
After Akira calls out for her, he sees Kitami snickering to himself.<br />
Now, I&#8217;m not too sure about the next few parts, but Yukina calms down and eavedrops on some girls talking about her cell novel.<br />
The girls say something about the love being exciting, but say something else about the mutual feelings between the characters&#8230; something.<br />
Yukina thinks about how to improve the novel, when Akira finds her.<br />
He says that the school assembly is starting soon, and asks if Yukina is feeling well.<br />
Yukina says she&#8217;s fine, then Akira takes her hand in both of his, and says something about love.<br />
Maybe wanting to write the novel together or something.<br />
Anyway, Akira says that everyone likes &#8220;Yupina&#8217;s&#8221; novel, and Yukina agrees.<br />
The school assembly starts, with Kitami as the main speaker.<br />
Yukina holds her hand to her heart and says that her heart feels strange&#8230;<br />
She confronts Kitami after the assembly, and tells him about why she has glasses.<br />
From what I read, her teacher in preschool was kind to her, and she really liked him.<br />
Even back then, she was an isolated child, and the teacher was her only friend.<br />
She goes to visit him in a teacher&#8217;s room or something, but she overhears him saying something about her eyes not being that good.<br />
Yukina is devastated, and starts crying.<br />
She is given glasses, and she then sees everything in a more clear picture.<br />
She is seen in the middle of children her age, with that contemplative look on her face.<br />
Kitami is kinda shaken by the sudden story, and says something to Yukina while being really close to her face.<br />
Yukina says, Mission 4, tell me you love me or something along those lines.<br />
Akira is seen hiding right behind that door, listening.<br />
And then..<br />
HE SHOWS HIS EYES.<br />
dang, he&#8217;s hot stuff, too.<br />
He says Yukina-chan, in a sad way, with a sorrowful look on his face.<br />
And that&#8217;s it for that chapter.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Some thoughts.. </strong></p>
<p><strong>OMFG.</strong> Now I totally can&#8217;t wait to see the raws/scans/scanlations already! The story is getting even more interesting every chapter.. I wasn&#8217;t like this in her other works, I swear! Meh whatever, *fangirls like crazy*</p>
<p>*has calmed down* Gee, seriously, other than that.. I just CAN&#8217;T wait to see Akira&#8217;s eyes. Oh dear, hot stuff eh~? &gt;:3 And wow, the end there makes me think that Akira actually <em>likes</em> Yukina. *shrugs*
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		<title>Mayu Shinjo&#8217;s &#8216;Heart no Diamond&#8217; started at Ribon&#8217;s September `09 Issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirapika</dc:creator>
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If you haven&#8217;t heard of it, I tell you what, Mayu Shinjo&#8217;s new serialization &#8216;Heart no Diamond&#8217; started on the September `09 issue of Ribon Magazine. Yes, Ribon; a manga whose target readers are usually girls who are in their teens.
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<p style="text-align: center;">If you haven&#8217;t heard of it, I tell you what, Mayu Shinjo&#8217;s new serialization &#8216;Heart no Diamond&#8217; started on the September `09 issue of Ribon Magazine. Yes, <strong><em>Ribon</em></strong>; a manga whose target readers are usually girls who are in their teens.</p>
<p><span id="more-1143"></span>We have been given a gist of the series&#8217; plot but as far as I could say, this would be a lot different than Shinjo Mayu&#8217;s other works. Why? It&#8217;s because Shinjo Mayu is a popular mangaka whose works are oriented towards older readers. Yup, her works would mostly contain smut; an example would be Kaikan Phrase, Ai Ore and more.</p>
<p>The issue? Nothing really, I&#8217;m just wondering how she&#8217;ll be doing it without smut. I think one thing that her readers like from her works are the smut scenes so would this series be able to buy some fans or so?</p>
<p>Here are some comments from some people in twitter:</p>
<p><strong>wingstodust</strong> :</p>
<blockquote><p><span><span>.. The thought of Shinjo Mayu in Ribon scares me, I&#8217;m not gonna lie.</span></span></p></blockquote>
<p><span><span><strong>magicalemi :</strong> </span></span></p>
<blockquote><p><span><span>lol at shinjo mayu in Ribon. So instead of seducing the heroine at first sight, the guys will just give her candy.</span></span></p></blockquote>
<p>I agree with what they&#8217;ve said although I can&#8217;t say much since a summary hasn&#8217;t even been given yet but all I could say if that by chance that some group scanlates this, I&#8217;m surely looking forward to check this out. ^^v</p>
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		<title>Umineko no Naku Koro ni: New Official Character Designs Released!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Fanart ain&#8217;t fuckin&#8217; mine. Found it on Pixiv okay!?  
lololz. I managed to sneak in the computer  
That&#8217;s right, after loitering around the official Umineko (anime) website, I found 3 more Official Character Designs Released. Two of which haven&#8217;t even appeared in the anime yet while the other is just Beato in &#8216;human&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Fanart ain&#8217;t fuckin&#8217; mine. Found it on Pixiv okay!? <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/happy_16x16.png' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">lololz. I managed to sneak in the computer <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/laugh_16x16.png' alt='XD' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
<p>That&#8217;s right, after loitering around the official Umineko (anime) website, I found 3 more Official Character Designs Released. Two of which haven&#8217;t even appeared in the anime yet while the other is just Beato in &#8216;human&#8217; form.</p>
<p>Spoilers ahead~</p>
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<p><strong>LUCIFER</strong></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/chara-lucifer.gif" alt="" width="534" height="728" /></p>
<p>Somehow, basing on the proportions of the hair, I can&#8217;t seem to choose between the anime and VN version but I just have to choose the anime ver. <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/laugh_16x16.png' alt='xD' class='wp-smiley' /> Lucifer looks stunningly evil~ I&#8217;m loving her already!</p>
<p><strong>ASMODEUS</strong></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/chara-asumo.gif" alt="" width="520" height="377" /></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Why didn&#8217;t they include the full-body sketches? :&lt;</span> Twintails! This is probably what I like about Asmodeus, her twintails! Hehehe xDDD Like her design too.. I think I can point out big differences between Asmodeus in anime and Asmodeus in VN but who cares!?</p>
<p><strong>BEATO &#8216;HUMAN&#8217; FORM</strong></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/chara-beatoritye.gif" alt="" width="501" height="363" /></p>
<p>Nothing much to say about this but Beato still looks effin&#8217; awesome in anything she wears. Love the socks, girl~</p>
<p><strong>Overall Thoughts:</strong></p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t expect the character designs for Lucifer and Asmodeus yet, truth be hold. I was actually hoping to see Lambdadelta&#8217;s chara design first because it&#8217;s not too long until she appears in the anime right? Anyways, I&#8217;m still satisfied with all the character designs ^^ (Yup~ I&#8217;m so biased!)</p>
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		<title>Short Hiatus: Hell Exam Week!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirapika</dc:creator>
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Note: This fanart is not mine. I found it at pixiv some time ago and forgot who made this so, credits and kudos to whoever did ^^ (Tell me if it&#8217;s you so I could credit ^^)

Here&#8217;s a totally unrelated hawttt♥ pic of Beato x Battler to make up with all of these  
Anyways, [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Note: This fanart is <strong>not</strong> mine. I found it at pixiv some time ago and forgot who made this so, credits and kudos to whoever did ^^ (Tell me if it&#8217;s you so I could credit ^^)<br />
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<p style="text-align: center;">Here&#8217;s a <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">totally unrelated</span> hawttt♥ pic of Beato x Battler to make up with all of these <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/laugh_16x16.png' alt='xD' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Anyways, it those times of the school year again when Hell takes over and Exams hover over us. Because of this, I&#8217;ll be taking a short leave on everything. Yep, everything. You might still see me on twitter whenever I feel like tweeting about my status (not that you probably care about that) but I will not be around the blogosphere that much. Sure I&#8217;ll be taking rounds on my dailies (aka looking around for updates) but I won&#8217;t actually do any watching/reading/blogging.</p>
<p>This whole Hiatus thing will start on Thursday, August 6, 2009 up to Friday next week, August 14, 2009. 8 days break huh? Think I could do it? I personally think that I can&#8217;t stay away from that computer so I&#8217;ll be alotting 1 hours for the daily rounds <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/laugh_16x16.png' alt='xD' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Anyways, I&#8217;ll really miss you guys on that break! <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/happy_16x16.png' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>&lt;3 Kitari</p>
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		<title>Saki ep. 18: Mahjong Awesomeness and Yurifest in one show!?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirapika</dc:creator>
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This show&#8217;s awesomeness and yuri-ness never fails to amuse me XP

First off, I really wonder why most dropped this show so easily and the only 2 answers that I can accept would probably because they dislike/do not understand mahjong OR because they dislike yuri. The other reasons? I couldn&#8217;t care less. Sometimes, I get the [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;">This show&#8217;s awesomeness and <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">yuri-ness</span> never fails to amuse me XP</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">First off, I really wonder why most dropped this show so easily and the only 2 answers that I can accept would probably because they dislike/do not understand mahjong OR because they dislike yuri. The other reasons? I couldn&#8217;t care less. <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Sometimes, I get the feeling that I&#8217;m the only female left who actually likes/enjoys this show. <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/tongue_16x16.png' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Anyhow, just so you know,Saki is one of the anime series that I find so interesting and is always looking forward to see because at the end of each episode, there is always a climax that awaits you. Other than that, Saki is just simply awesome. Truthfully speaking, I&#8217;m so awed by Saki.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">And Episode 18 just made me like it even more. Saki is definitely one you should try if you&#8217;re looking for something fun to watch. Beware of yuri though but you really shouldn&#8217;t just think of that.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">In crazy fangirl words: &#8220;OMGZZ, I totally L&lt;3VE Saki episode 18!!!!111oneone&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Thoughts:</strong></p>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Not exactly on of mine but I&#8217;m sure <a href="http://exce7ion.kokidokom.net/">7</a> enjoyed the first few minutes of Saki. ^^ (with Yuuki and all..)</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">I don&#8217;t see why it&#8217;s necessary (probably for relationship development) for them to show the past evens between these those pairs (Momo and Umi), (Kana and Mihoko). It made me understand where are those attractions came from at first <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/tongue_16x16.png' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </div>
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<li>I dunno why but Kana somehow irritates me T_T</li>
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<div style="text-align: left;">You know you gotta lol like crazy at the guy near the game center who got easily dumbfounded when Saki asked if she can take <em>it</em> of. What exactly was the it there? Oh, nothing but her shoes. <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Albeit that guy there is a perv D&lt;</span> ^__^</div>
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<li>Saki(the person) is awesome. I was kind of confused why she kept on helping Kana but in the end, it was all a trap. Gee, good thinking girl!</li>
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<div style="text-align: left;">I&#8217;m a Koromo fan so I loved all the scenes with Koromo in it. The part when Saki mentions the word &#8216;family&#8217;, it was as if something stabbed her. D`awww poor Koromo T^T</div>
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<p>Well, that&#8217;s pretty much my <em>explainable</em> thoughts on the episode. What does that mean? I&#8217;ll be watching Saki `til the end, of course! I don&#8217;t know with you but I swear, this show is awesome! Even I, someone who is totally clueless about mahjong, watches this and I&#8217;m drawn to it <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/laugh_16x16.png' alt='XD' class='wp-smiley' /> This is my 3rd priority in watching this season <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/laugh_16x16.png' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I can&#8217;t wait for the next episode! Will Koromo be pwned by Saki?</p>
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		<title>First Glimpse: Fall `09 &#8211; Awesomesauce or what!?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirapika</dc:creator>
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Oh yes, mandatory Fall `09 lineup impression is mandatory.
And no, this isn&#8217;t my Fall `09 preview, that will come when the final version is released ^^
Anyways, a while back, chartfag has released the V1 of the Fall `09 Anime Lineup and here&#8217;s I, Kitari with my first impressions for the lineup. Yes, the lineup, not [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Oh yes, mandatory Fall `09 lineup impression is mandatory.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">And no, this isn&#8217;t my Fall `09 preview, that will come when the final version is released ^^</p>
<p><span id="more-1124"></span>Anyways, a while back, <a href="http://chartfag.wordpress.com/">chartfag</a> has released the V1 of the Fall `09 Anime Lineup and here&#8217;s I, Kitari with my first impressions for the lineup. Yes, the lineup, not the season itself.</p>
<p>As you can see from above (it&#8217;s clickable to get the bigger un-gif&#8217;ed ver., btw) I&#8217;ve marked the 5 series that I&#8217;m surely watching which are <strong>Kobato</strong>, <strong>Kimi ni Todoke</strong> (yup, that one on the list was a typo), <strong>11eyes</strong>, <strong>Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu: Purezza </strong>and <strong>Seitokai no Ichizon</strong>! For sure, these five are my priorities.</p>
<p>As for the others, I&#8217;m going to try and check out those who would catch my eye depending on their PV. Haha, picky little bitch I am~</p>
<p>I&#8217;m just looking forward for the final version to really give a comment on how awesomesauce Fall `09 is!</p>
<p>So, what&#8217;s your <em>current</em> picks? <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/laugh_16x16.png' alt=':lol:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Random Blurbs: How has Summer `09 been?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kirapika</dc:creator>
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Because all these matters cannot fit in tweets alone, I decided to make a post on my Summer `09 (so far). If you&#8217;re wondering, the things I&#8217;m going to be talking about here are pure opinions so please don&#8217;t get offended okay? Anyways, what I&#8217;m talking about are just my issues this Summer `09  [...]]]></description>
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<p>Because all these matters cannot fit in tweets alone, I decided to make a post on my Summer `09 (so far). If you&#8217;re wondering, the things I&#8217;m going to be talking about here are pure opinions so please don&#8217;t get offended okay? <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Anyways, what I&#8217;m talking about are just my issues this Summer `09 <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/laugh_16x16.png' alt='xD' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
<p>So how has Summer `09 been for me? See if we have the same thoughts! Feel free to express your opinions too ;]</p>
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<p>If you&#8217;ve been following me on <a href="http://twitter.com/kitari">Twitter</a>, you might have seen my numerous rants and ramblings about time. It&#8217;s just that since school&#8217;s started already, I&#8217;m just so <em>busy</em>.  As you may know, Summer in our country is on March-May so right now it&#8217;s school season and being an honor student, I&#8217;m just so cautious because I feel like my focus is getting wavered.</p>
<p>So here&#8217;s a post that I felt making because I needed somewhere to express myself and hope it won&#8217;t turn out as a tl;dr but yeah..</p>
<p>Anyways, let&#8217;s start with my long Summer `09 (this is not anime alone, mind you!) Status ;D</p>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Backlogging</span></strong></li>
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<p><img class="aligncenter" title="Picture by 真希 from Pixiv.net" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/summer01.png" alt="" width="399" height="589" /></p>
<p>There are big big reasons why I can&#8217;t bring myself to stop and take a break and one of them would be my <strong>big backlog list</strong>. This even expands from Fall `08! Currently, the only Summer `09 and some continuing from Spring `09 shows that I&#8217;m not backlogging for a while are <em>Umineko</em>, <em>Bakemonogatari</em>, <em>Pandora Hearts</em>, <em>Hetalia, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0, Sora no Manimani, Umi Monogatari </em>and <em>Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou</em>.  (I&#8217;m enjoying most of the Summer shows here to avoid more backlogging).</p>
<p>Yes, those are the ones I didn&#8217;t put on backlog <em>yet</em> and if I were to backlog again, the only 2 left would be <strong><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Umineko</span> <span style="color: #000000;">and</span> Bakemonogatari</span></strong> because those two are my priorities. Hehe. ^^;; As for the others that I&#8217;m partially backlogging, I&#8217;m just pushing the episode aside after I dl them but still watch them when I can ^^ <em>Or the subs are just fckn&#8217; slow. <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/laugh_16x16.png' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </em></p>
<p><strong><em>This is what I get from picking up too many shows; What can I do? My interests are crazy!</em></strong></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the big list of my <em>long</em> backlogs and reasons why I backlog them in no particular order:</p>
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<p><strong>Asu no Yoichi (ep.8)</strong> and <strong>Tayutama (ep.7)</strong>: I swear, I could&#8217;ve dropped these two for being so senseless in the end (as far as other bloggers say) but I&#8217;m only about 4 episodes [each] away from finishing them so why not? The only problem I have is finding time to finish them because they are so not in my priority list.  Same goes for <strong>Vampire Knight Guilty (ep.7)</strong>, it was orinigally dropped by me in the 7th episode but I felt like wanting to continue it for the sake of finishing this series and I haven&#8217;t even seen the ShiMa part there yet!  What I&#8217;m pissed off about VKG is all the em0 cheese bet. Yuuki and Kaname =__=;;</p>
<p><strong>Kuroshitsuji (ep. 13), Clannad ~After Story~ (some eps.)</strong> and <strong>Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae (ep.7)</strong>: I was really wondering why I put these three on-hold. Especially Clannad ~AS~ whose episodes I only watched by selective arcs [meaning, I skipped some arcs]. I mean, they&#8217;re all awesome so why did I put them in the backlog list? It&#8217;s not that I grew tired of them, heck, they&#8217;re all so good! Someday, I&#8217;m surely going to continue these two &#8211; I have to.</p>
<p><strong>Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu (ep.1o)</strong>: I&#8217;m only 2 episodes away and still I haven&#8217;t finished it? You must be thinking that I&#8217;ve gone mad. I&#8217;ll probably watch the remaining eps. before Fall officialy starts. After our exams maybe?</p>
<p><strong>Valkyria Chronicles (ep. 9)</strong>: Hohohoho~ I backlogged this for 8 weeks already! I haven&#8217;t grown tired of it, I&#8217;m just waiting for it to finish so that when it&#8217;s finished already, I&#8217;ll just watch the remaining eps in one or two sitting <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/laugh_16x16.png' alt='XD' class='wp-smiley' /> Plus, it helps me to backlog this. I thank Random Curiosity and AnimeSuki for keeping us up-to-date for the episodes. Same goes for <strong>Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ </strong>and <strong>CANAAN, </strong>shows that I haven&#8217;t started yet but plan to watch a batch in one sitting.</p>
<p>(Did anyone notice that all those in backlogged-for-one-sitting-watch are action animes? D`aww you got me!)</p>
<p>Oh and let&#8217;s not forget <strong>Shugo Chara! Doki!</strong> . I can still remember the days when I&#8217;m actually having fun in watching this one. But now? Fillers, fillers and endless fillers! I&#8217;ve stopped watching it in ep. 80 and might pick it up again if we get back to the plot. Of course, I&#8217;ll just be skipping on the episodes I don&#8217;t find interesting (basing on some blogger&#8217;s posts. Yes, I&#8217;m lurking &gt;&lt;) or there&#8217;s not much plot in it. ;D</p>
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<p>Right now you may be thinking that I&#8217;ve gone nuts for backlogging stuff but you know, their prioritized are always the first and I don&#8217;t want to be stressed! :]</p>
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<ul>
<li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Slow Subs/Scanlations got you down?</span></strong></li>
</ul>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/summer02.png" alt="" width="500" height="354" /></p>
<p>As you may have noticed this Summer, there aren&#8217;t much releases of <em>interesting</em> manga chapters. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I understand the hard work that scanlators put into doing this but I&#8217;m wondering what you feel about that. Does it make you feel saddened or something?</p>
<p>Honestly, this slow subs/scanlations would be a great help for me because if I have no distractions then I can happily watch animes but I&#8217;m a person who love mangas all the same as anime so it makes me less inspired to do something. Haha.</p>
<p>Sometimes, what I do to lessen my boredom is to view the raws. Yes, I&#8217;m an impatient little bitch, live with it <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/laugh_16x16.png' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>On slow subs.. I&#8217;m wondering what happened to the subbers of <em>GA, Sora no Manimani and Umi Monogatari?</em> I&#8217;m not much in problem with SnM and UM&#8217;s subbers because at least they release the torrent a day before the next episode but GA? I think I could finish all those in my backlog list and the 2nd episode hasn&#8217;t been released yet xDDD No offense~ Take your time Ayako subs!</p>
<p>Other than my b*tchy complains, I also want to praise the awesome gg fansubs for their fast release of Umineko. I swear, by the next day, the time I get home from school I already have the dl to it and it makes me so happy to be able to watch Umineko. *claps for gg fansubs* I can clearly remember Coalguy&#8217;s fast yet HQ subs on K-On! ;3</p>
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<ul>
<li><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Umineko has taken over Kitari</span></strong></li>
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<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/umineko_i-v_03.png" alt="" width="500" height="284" /></p>
<p>That&#8217;s right, the worst has come.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s the worst? I got so addicted to Umineko already. It&#8217;s not obvious right? [/sarcasm] Well yeah, I&#8217;m just so obssesed now o.O Gee, If I had money, I&#8217;ll totally buy all the Umineko games available! Or if I&#8217;m totally lucky, I could get a copy from the internet but that would be so bad&#8230;</p>
<p>I dunno but somehow I feel sad that Umineko has taken more attention in my blog. You know, I feel like wanting to post a lot of things that I find interesting but I never seem to have time to do so. That&#8217;s why I post so much on twitter, if you&#8217;ve noticed. However, it isn&#8217;t enough. *sigh*</p>
<p>Okay, shoot me now for being so emo on the issue.</p>
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<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Kitari recommends&#8230; MEDAKA BOX!</strong></span></li>
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<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/medaka_box.png" alt="" width="350" height="408" />This is a manga series that I started reading lately and what do you know, I like it! &lt;3 It&#8217;s totally recommended for those who love comedy-genred mangas because this manga? Oh it&#8217;s full of lol-worthy events in every chapter that you&#8217;ll want to gag. <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/laugh_16x16.png' alt='xD' class='wp-smiley' /> It&#8217;s ecchi, yeah, but it&#8217;s not the type that shows it&#8217;s ecchiness oh-so-often. I think the only reason why they consider this ecchi because of Medaka&#8217;s big busts and times when she undresses in front of Zenkichi but it&#8217;s no big deal really. Try it and you&#8217;ll <em><strong>love</strong></em> it.</p>
<p>The concept?</p>
<blockquote><p>From MangaUpdates:</p>
<p><em>Kurokami Medaka, a first year, is elected as Student Council President, and the first thing she does is establish a suggestion box. Since she was just elected as Student Council President, she&#8217;s holding all the Student Council&#8217;s responsibilities, and wearing their armbands.</em></p>
<p><em>So, she asks her childhood friend, Hitoyoshi Zenkichi, for help.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Just a warning, imo, people tends to misunderstand this series because of Medaka being a Mary Sue. Well, she&#8217;s not exactly Mary Sue but the way they portray her is of a perfect person (even though she isn&#8217;t) and people who are against stereotypes like that tend to bash this series. Oh come on, it&#8217;s not like Medaka is the Mary Sue type that boasts her perfection to others right?</p>
<p>So, what are you waiting for? Try it now! :]</p>
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<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>New Bakemonogatari Banner!</strong></span></li>
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<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/bakemonogatariban.png" alt="" width="430" height="101" /></p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve noticed, there&#8217;s a new banner going around my blog and this time it&#8217;s Hitagi from Bakemonogatari, my 2nd fave show of the season! And no, you&#8217;re not seeing a trend here that the next banner would be the next on my list. It depends on whatever beautiful scan of any series that I find and can make a banner of ^^</p>
<p>Also, the brushes I used there were from blossomgirl101! Thx~</p>
<p>Tell me what you think ;D</p>
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<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Kaede x Anise scan coloring &lt;3</strong></span></li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/FINISHEDKaedexAnise_colored.png"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/fireflylights/FINISHEDKaedexAnise_colored.png" alt="" width="335" height="471" /></a></p>
<p>So I found this really cute pic of Kaede and Anise in Barajou no Kiss&#8217; 11th chapter and got inspired to color it even though I already had a big workload hanging <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/laugh_16x16.png' alt='xD' class='wp-smiley' /> I actually tried a new style of coloring this one and I like how it turned out. It just bothers me that it took a total of 5 hours (with breaks in between) to finish coloring the whole scan.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m just happy that the hard work paid off~ Heehee~ My eyes hurt nao &gt;&lt;&#8221;</p>
<hr />So that&#8217;s it for my Random Blurbs post that turned out to be a ranty post but meh, I guess I&#8217;ll be doing more of this when I just want to allocate my thoughts together ^^</p>
<p>Also, I&#8217;m going to make a separate post for the first glimpse of the Fall Lineup later on that&#8217;s why it&#8217;s not included here <img src='http://fireflylights.freehostia.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/White-Emoticons/laugh_16x16.png' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I hope you understand all my rantings in here, so sorry if I got a little bitchy here and there. Hehe. Ja~</p>
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