I love romance, Yuri / Shoujoai particularly, though I can also enjoy Yaoi and m/f pairings as well. I'm just a romantic <3 Love is love, it's amazing!
I have quite an avid interest in the darker parts of reality and life that most people wish to ignore. This shows up quite a lot in the type of anime's I enjoy, so anything dark, and depressing I'll watch. Romance is also nice, though I am quite picky about that.
About how I rate my anime:
One of my clubs recently approached the subject of how a person rates their anime and so it got me thinking. My anime is rated fairly low compared to most; however I am a cynical and analytical person so it can be somewhat understandable. Anyways to give a better idea, all my ratings minus those in my "Discussion" spoiler follow this;
1; Not watchable. God knows why I finish watching these, perhaps I am a masochist? The viewer must keep all sharp objects away from themselves while watching these as death itself may be more appealing than another minute of this garbage.
2; Horrible. Just barely watchable. Does not even attempt to be anything.
3; Real bad. They make a real attempt at succeeding but fail to do so. Unlike it's predecessors, there is an actual attempt made, however the quality and execution is soo far beyond the realm of excusable mistakes.
4; Bad. The cons outweigh the pro's, however the attempt was commendable. May contain some good points.
5; Neutral. Many good and bad aspects. Enjoyment factor more surpass the poor quality of this.
6; Competent. Knows what it is doing, and makes a solid attempt with good success.
7; Professional. A very good attempt with just as much success. Everything about this is structured and focused. Pro's far outweigh the very few cons that may exist.
8; Inspiring. Able to connect to the viewer on an emotional level. This story will be able to effect you for months on end.
9; Sensational. Expands beyond the script, takes a firm grasp and pulls the viewer into a new world of fascination. This story will stay with you forever.
10; Masterpiece. As close to perfection as possible.
Anime Discussion and Exception
So what is this? This will be the place I go to when I wish to discuss an anime that will be an exception to my ratings, and why it is as such.
1; Shoujo Sect
Classified as a hentai, I found this to be so much more than anything I'd expected. Hentai are meant to invoke a sexual desire in the viewer, to stimulate their imagination, and to provide a source material for release. While I may on occasion view a hentai, I always go in with abysmal expectations.
I expect a nonsensical, plot-hole ridden, script of various debauchery and absurdity. Shoujo Sect, has done what I never thought could be, it transcended these limitations. First and foremost, while it contains explicit sex - it should not be labeled a hentai. It's very misleading in this case, for it is, in fact, an unrequited love story. A Yuri love story. As in real life, sex and love don't necessarily go hand in hand. And with love so to comes angst.
Shoujo Sect, shows it for what it really is. Sometimes it's about pure physical desire, other times for emotional comfort that of which only a lover can give you. For some, it's an escape from the misgivings of daily life. For others, it holds very little meaning, if any.
Beyond all else, the overlaying emotions in this surpass the sex. By far.
It deserves it's rating.
2; Shigurui
First, I have to admit, I am in most probability incredibly biased against this.
The first thing viewers will realize about Shigurui is it's historical accuracy. The environment, the dialect, social attitudes/expectations/discrimination, are all incredibly accurate. The story itself is well-told, though it never reached the anticipation I felt during the first episode again.
While it's quality is in fact quite remarkable, I found the story itself filth. The characters, each and every one, possess no redeeming factors. Full of degradation, debauchery, and decadence, this is not a story of morals. It's not a story of people overcoming hardship and perseverance. It's a story of people who's every-day lives are so full of violence, discrimination, and gender-inequality that even the most innocent of children possess a darkness that outweighs everything else.
Pleasure is derived through the sufferings of others.
I simply can not like such a story without 1 single character having redeeming value.
It deserves a higher rating than I gave, however I will not give it one.
In addition to watching anime, I also immensely enjoy playing Visual Novels. Preferably the one's that are translated by TM. I've played -
True Remembrance
Fate Stay Night
Tsukihime
Right now I am trying to get the Higurashi, Umineko, And Kara No Kyoukai games but having trouble finding them. Any help would be appreciated with this.
Fansubs
Favorite Fansubs:
Coal Girls
THORA
Yuurisan
Frostii
Subs I hate:
GG (This group is hit or miss, either it's a competent sub or it's trash and should be discarded)
Eclipse (Yes I dislike them quite a bit actually)
My Personality
My regards to my personality, I can be somewhat erratic. I am not a trusting person; being a fairly private / asocial person, social interactions can be quite stressful and indeed at times I don't handle them well. To avoid awkward situations I just don't put myself out there much, and until I truly come to know you well I will probably hide behind several mental facades / persona's until I deem you are trustworthy enough to show the real me. My life has been fairly difficult; I learned the hard way what not to take for granted, and not to blindly trust the people around me.
We're all human. That means we make mistakes, we fuck up, we rationalize things we otherwise shouldn't. We feel pain and pleasure, we struggle with diversity, and overcoming loneliness. It's inevitable that our own mistakes will lead to hurting those around us. I sought to save myself more (what I would then deem as 'unnecessary') pain by isolating myself. However, now, I am slowly putting myself back into society, and learning to trust and love again.
I'm a fickle person. Very cynical, though I don't wish to be this way. I wish life was kind enough to give us those fairy-tale "happily ever after" endings, true love in finding a soul mate, that one person out there that will complete you ; but rarely is it as such. There are simply far too many horrible things committed every day; murder, rape, coercion, blackmail, discrimination, harassment, sexism, racism... the list goes on and on; all decadence in society. Despite wanting to, I simply can't remain positive about life and the world in general while these things continue to happen.
I want to believe in true love. I want to believe people can be happy. I want to overcome my own past and mistakes.
The vast majority of people on this planet sicken me. Perhaps I am more of a realist than a true anti-social in this aspect, for it's not that 'people' disgust me, it's what the bast majority of people DO that sickens me. And no, I won't further this already chaotic state the world is in by projecting what the 'majority' does onto the entire populace. If I wanted to destroy the world all I would have to do is conform to society's expectations of how people are "supposed" to act and that would get the job done eventually.
But alas, as enticing as that potential would be, it's not something that coincides with my almost-but-not-entirely missing morality. Nihilism ftw!
As you can probably already tell (assuming you're at least somewhat mentally competent) I enjoy philosophical and psychological discussions, debates, and arguments. And the honest part of me has to admit that I am not above enjoy pointing out other peoples' stupidity to them. And watching their reactions. It's quite entertaining.
My standpoints on 'certain' issues...
Sexuality;
Being bisexual tends to make this almost entirely impossible for me to remain unbiased, however I will not, and can not, argue that it is morally 'correct' or 'incorrect' for that matter. It's actually rather simple: If you think being Gay, Lesbian, Bi, or Trans, is such a horrible thing then by all means continue believing this. That's your right as a human being. However, respect MY right to live MY life as I see fit. And if you can somehow find the audacity, within all your stupidity, to tell me I should live my life conforming to your principles then, my friend, I will hate you for all eternity. I do not value such person's as being people. I do not value their opinions. I do not view them as anything short of an annoying insect.
Politics;
I am an independent. For the most part I stay away from this area, though I make sure to keep myself educated around some issues.
Abortion;
Pro-choice. Though because I am incapable of baring my own child (Do NOT ask why) I refrain from voting on this. My opinion dictates that those whom do not / did not have the ability to bare a child should not limit the actions of those whom can. Where do some men get the audacity to dictate what a women should do with her own body when it's something they can not ever face themselves.
And what about cases in which a woman is raped? Should she be forced to birth the child? What about over population issues? Medical care? Teenage pregnancy?
Interests?
Music?
The VAST majority of my music revolves around the Gothic genre. I find beauty in the darkness, solace in the existence of pain for it is in pain in which we know we are truly alive, I find life to be rather chaotic; pain and pleasure, happiness and sorrow, hope and despair. All such paradoxes codependent upon each other. And my taste in music reflects this. Life is both great and terrible, it's every changing.
Some of my favorite bands would be:
Artrosis
Draconian
Epica
Theatre of Tragedy
Tristania
Anime; (Of course)
I believe I've already said this however I gravitate towards the more dark and depressing series, though I also immensely joy ones in the romance department. (Fairly picky about these).
Books;
I read a lot. I am not ashamed to announce myself as a fan of Twilight (the books), Redwall, and The Golden Compass.
Gaming;
Ex Wow addict. I started playing WoW during Vanilla (BETA) and just recently quit shortly into the release of Wrath. During BC I played a Rogue up through SWP pre-nerf, and a Resto Druid during Wrath. With the huge availability of gear in Wrath, not to mention how easy it was to obtain (welfare epics anyone?) it began to lose all meaning. Back in the days of BC my tier6 was something to be proud of, nowadays Tier is handed out like candy.
More little things about me?
I'm a gamer! Ex-WoW addict, now addicted to Aion. (UPDATE: Just quit this game) I've also played DaoC, EQ, Guild Wars, and of course the Final Fantasy series.
I'm currently enrolled in college
Single and lonely (Looking for love, no gender preferences)
Hopeless romantic if you couldn't already tell :P
Neko's are soooo kawaii!
Aaaand... I am just a liiiiiiitle bit crazy ahahaaaaahahaahHAHAHAHhaa!
Feel free to pester me on AIM whenever you like, my SN is: Inuyoukess
Just some food for thought
"HOMOPHOBIA IS WRONG
I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian.
I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman.
I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights.
We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time.
I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they would not let my partner of twenty-seven years into the room.
I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away from the two fathers who are the only loving family I have ever had. I wish they could adopt me.
I am one of the lucky ones, I guess. I survived the attack that left me in a coma for three weeks, and in another year I will probably be able to walk again.
I am not one of the lucky ones. I killed myself just weeks before graduating high school. It was simply too much to bear.
We are the couple who had the realtor hang up on us when she found out we wanted to rent a one-bedroom for two men.
I am the person who never knows which bathroom I should use if I want to avoid getting the management called on me.
I am the mother who is not allowed to even visit the children I bore, nursed, and raised. The court says I am an unfit mother because I now live with another woman.
I am the domestic-violence survivor who found the support system grow suddenly cold and distant when they found out my abusive partner is also a woman.
I am the domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to turn to because I am male.
I am the father who has never hugged his son because I grew up afraid to show affection to other men.
I am the home-economics teacher who always wanted to teach gym until someone told me that only lesbians do that.
I am the man who died when the paramedics stopped treating me as soon as they realized I was transsexual.
I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better person if I didn’t have to always deal with society hating me.
I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I don't believe, but because they closed their doors to my kind.
I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most, love."
hi I'm suigara-chan. I'm new to myanimelist.net so I have no friends yet. It seems we have 10 animes incommen and probably more cause I still have afue to add here and there. Maybe just maybe we might be able to be friends. Even though I'm only 14. send me a comment some time.
i do see your point, that demon twist in the last ark was a little hard to go along with. the direct relationship to that demon king as his father, that was shit.. but at the same time i can see why its there and can go with it, as there was no father and he was a bastard.
it was vary shounen and it had to incorporate fighting something all the time, there was no room for to much else. near early-mid the spirit gun was never really about how much power he put in to but, but rather where/when he landed it.
what made this show good more then anything else, was really how retro it felt. it was 1992 when they made it, they were competing with DBZ for the same fanbase, the music was fresh and anime was relatively unheard of. i myself liked all of the main characters except the prince baby guy( that guy could have ruined the show) i could accept kurama being typical bishounen because the idea wasnt really overdone at that time, for the same reason i can accept hei. kuwabara was ridicules, but he was epic in so many ways, none of them unique to us in this day and age but a well made character because his role was never over done.
this show gets better if u dont really pay attenion to it and kinda go about otherthings as it just plays on a side screen ^^
the shows opening developed from him falling back in to thinking like a child who always wanted to help his friends, getting him killed. soon after the quick death hes in a room where a nude unconscious chick falls out of thin air and in to his arms, the show shows us that he has not so hidden desires such as to take advantage of her well shes out, and is really only stopped by the fact that hes in public. going by that it seems like a fast paced dark natured show, it pulls in the viewers and makes for a great first ep imo.
admittedly, it couldnt keep up its pace for long and i lost intrest in it somewhere b4 the end. still, i rated it highly because its rare to find an adult themed show that had so much shonen action style.
i found kei's lack of redeeming characteristics to be his best selling point, throughout the show he changed from a kid who cowered away from life justifying it with that to act against people with power can only get you killed, changed to a living/dead man who still had his life to lose,yet also had new found power, causing him to change as a person back to the kind of guy he was as a child.
to side step any debate on the matter i never really said i disagree'ed, so much as i dont fully agree. what i mean to say with that iffy statement is just that dew to the strong emotions leading the reasoning i cant fully support it. that being your view on homophobia.
as far as anime goes were all bound to find some differences in opinions. such as Gantz how could you rate it so low!
tho i dont agree fully with your views on anime, nor with your views on homophobia, i still find your opinion well thought out. i dont see much need to argue with you over wat makes wat anime great, but that doesnt mean we cant be friends~
ill throw in that i googled inuyoukess and read a few of your posts around the web b4 i decided to throw u this friend invite.
hai, so i was scrolling in a forum page and saw your avatar, thinking it was a character i knew i took a closer look, i then realized i couldn't place the character.
However I think this is a torrent file. Hopefully that's okay.
I'm pretty sure this one will work. I searched through my downloads folder for Saya no Uta and found a bunch of zip and torrent files all for the Saya no Uta VN. Since they were all downloaded in within 10 minutes of each other on the day I started playing, it is safe to assume these are the different attempts I made to downloading a working copy of the VN. Therefore, if each subsequent download attempt implies the previously downloaded file was a failure, then the most recently downloaded VN zip file should be the working one. The link above is the link to that file.
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You were a member before so you know the drill.
it was vary shounen and it had to incorporate fighting something all the time, there was no room for to much else. near early-mid the spirit gun was never really about how much power he put in to but, but rather where/when he landed it.
what made this show good more then anything else, was really how retro it felt. it was 1992 when they made it, they were competing with DBZ for the same fanbase, the music was fresh and anime was relatively unheard of. i myself liked all of the main characters except the prince baby guy( that guy could have ruined the show) i could accept kurama being typical bishounen because the idea wasnt really overdone at that time, for the same reason i can accept hei. kuwabara was ridicules, but he was epic in so many ways, none of them unique to us in this day and age but a well made character because his role was never over done.
this show gets better if u dont really pay attenion to it and kinda go about otherthings as it just plays on a side screen ^^
the shows opening developed from him falling back in to thinking like a child who always wanted to help his friends, getting him killed. soon after the quick death hes in a room where a nude unconscious chick falls out of thin air and in to his arms, the show shows us that he has not so hidden desires such as to take advantage of her well shes out, and is really only stopped by the fact that hes in public. going by that it seems like a fast paced dark natured show, it pulls in the viewers and makes for a great first ep imo.
admittedly, it couldnt keep up its pace for long and i lost intrest in it somewhere b4 the end. still, i rated it highly because its rare to find an adult themed show that had so much shonen action style.
i found kei's lack of redeeming characteristics to be his best selling point, throughout the show he changed from a kid who cowered away from life justifying it with that to act against people with power can only get you killed, changed to a living/dead man who still had his life to lose,yet also had new found power, causing him to change as a person back to the kind of guy he was as a child.
next ill agrue for Yu Yu Hakusho
as far as anime goes were all bound to find some differences in opinions. such as Gantz how could you rate it so low!
tho i dont agree fully with your views on anime, nor with your views on homophobia, i still find your opinion well thought out. i dont see much need to argue with you over wat makes wat anime great, but that doesnt mean we cant be friends~
ill throw in that i googled inuyoukess and read a few of your posts around the web b4 i decided to throw u this friend invite.
will you tell me who it is?
I personally think some of the visuals are left deliberately vague; they leave it to the viewers imagination to portray certain...stuff.
What can be more frightening than the deepest, darkest images that we harbor in our heads?
Download this one, it should work
However I think this is a torrent file. Hopefully that's okay.
I'm pretty sure this one will work. I searched through my downloads folder for Saya no Uta and found a bunch of zip and torrent files all for the Saya no Uta VN. Since they were all downloaded in within 10 minutes of each other on the day I started playing, it is safe to assume these are the different attempts I made to downloading a working copy of the VN. Therefore, if each subsequent download attempt implies the previously downloaded file was a failure, then the most recently downloaded VN zip file should be the working one. The link above is the link to that file.
I believe the link in here is simply download, un-rar, and play. No need to do fancy things like mounting it on a virtual drive or anything.
Also, I think you will love this. Absolutely bone-chilling music, decent graphics, and a beautiful romance.
Content is NSFW on all levels and domains.
But of course, you already knew that ;D
Enjoy, and let me know how you like it.