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May 20, 2017

Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime) add

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●ABOUT●
Yuri!!! On Ice is concerning to Katsuki Yuri, his one of dime-a-dozen skater or Japanese Figure Skater (JSF). Yuri managed to attend and play at Grand Prix Finale, however, Yuri crushed down and nonchalantly lost at the moment. He was unsure of continuing his career or thinking of an early retirement to stop his dreams that's why he decidedly went home at Kushu after finishing his college. He gained a lot of weight, that makes him chubby but still he can perform. While he's in Kushu, Yuri wants to show the practised he made to her friend and not just a performance but it's the ... same as Victor Skating Routine. Not knowing, while he was currently skating, the three otaku childrens took him a video and uploaded through many social websites that the whole skating avid fans and with the certified skaters shocked them all at once. Victor hurriedly departed to Kushu to coach Yuri after seeing the video and promised to him that Yuri will reach the Gold Medal at the next Grand Prix Finale Skating Competition.

●My Story Opinion●
Seeing Yuri!!! On Ice, Reading some news, hearing some rumors about the series was thought to be a deep sexual blow-up whereas Victor show off himself his godly naked masculine body in front of Yuri while telling his decision to be his coach till the last drop competition of Grand Prix. It came to the point of being sensational through Victor words and of course, this sides of him will flatter anyone whom he's talking too while acting like a girl. Quite ecstatic appeal to allure everyone and to watch many times. Believe it or not, I was expecting some parts of Monopolizing but unfortunately nothing happened, only thing is in the manga like example some special ships. Yuri!!! On ice wasn't a big disappointment even though the series isn't look like a story but it's about profession and sightseeing of life and love. They are showing us how the miracle came out depends on how you strived and not just giving up easily. Experiencing this series wasn't a bad thing, although I was assuming for a little bit more like example back stories where they can enumerate how it was started after seeing them obsessed with their affections and in result, it will enlightens the whole characters. Another thing is Repetitive routines, and music they were skating. Maybe they could at least change the music in every competition they had and hopefully season two will show some English Sub of every played music so that I can at least understand the delivery and meaning of the sounds. Yuri!!! On Ice is a new sport and it's my first time seeing an anime in the world of skating because mostly bikes, basketball, volleyball, soccer and etc but this is something different where ballet and skating combined to one another. Performing is too erotic and smoothly seductive. Well, there are maybe Yaoi Haters but hey, this is different so I was expecting that no one will ignores the series. Most of all, this series has the big differences in any sports anime where in the last part of season Yuri lost at competition. As we all know, sports anime meant to be winning and spotlight of main character or main team but talking about Yuri On Ice, the supporting character made the victory.
●The Characters●

VICTOR NIKIFOROV
Victor was known to be a legendary skater because of his 5 consecutive winning of Gold Medals in Grand Prix Finale. After the Grand Prize, he decided to go to Yuri to coach him until he forgot what he promised to Yuri Plisetsky. He likes eating Sweet potato and usually do what he. He's funny guy and respectful as well like greeting Ohayou Gozaimasu into an ojisan who's fishing at the highway. What attracted me the not about him is where he can handle his emotions when he loses his temper yet he stays calm. Open-minded person or spirited, helpful in some serious situations tho we know his flirt guy but don't expect he can be so serious in some ways lol. His skills are Jumping in different flip and axles with signature.

YURI KATSUKI
Yuri Katsuki is a person who hates failure. He's depression affects his career where he's unsure of continuing skating. According to him, he's part of JSF, a kindhearted person through any episodes and emotional when Victor told him that he'll stop coaching him after the competition. Yuri change a lot when Victor interfere his career, he managed to be competitive person with courage and confidence of himself. Both of them, developed the so called love that binds them to become stronger even more and performed unexpected routines. I guess, nothing impossible when you feel Love! For me, Yuri is special to me because he's not the type of a character who can be a figure perfect, I admired him a lot and not of all his chubby body .

YURI PLISETSKY
Yurio is my Russian Punk buddy lol, he danced with madness through his eyes. What I figured about him is that, hot-tempered kid and always takes a challenge. He is competitive, proves that he challenge Yuri Katsuki that he will won in Grand Prix. He doesn't care with his family as long as his grandfather stays with him no matter what. Yuri is hard to smile but talking to his grandpa makes him laughed. I really like his appearance, he's like a yakuza like my little brother. Yuri don't find love in his stage especially when he performed Agape but afterwards, he overcome and found himself the answer he wants to fulfill he's emptiness.

●UNDERSTANDING THE ARTS&ANIMATION●
Arts were flashy and looks like sweet candies with those bright colors. I'm fascinated with their different suits. Honestly, I never seen a real skating that's why I'm dumb explaining the arts. One of the reason why I like Yuri on I've was their different appearances like example Yuri Plisetsky who is similar with punk or a gangster or maybe a Yakuza as well, while Victory ~ a flashy guy like when he's surrounded with media, he smiled then winked lol. About the animation, I don't think there are complainant because they moved smoothly and you can't take your eyes away while watching them performing.

●ANALYZING THE MUSIC&SOUND●
The music themes OP or Ending ~ for me it's not the best one but you can see it clearly that it was dancing, ballet and skating. Music is where I complained the most because I can't understand the music they are skating because mostly different languages. I was expecting season two that they can put English Sub when they are playing musics.

●Final Verdict●
I'm not sure how I will explain this but through the compositions, I've say that it's really a great anime. Everyone were so fabulous and very appealing inside or outside the skating ice. There are some seductive scenes but it's not the real seduction you guys are thinking lol. Drama are one of the best I've seen so far in Yoi because each of them have their stories on how their love will reached them, whose person whom they are inspired, how they express their real thoughts. Season two is upcoming, and we'll gonna discover the real battle between Yuri Plisetsky and Yuri Katsuki and the marriage of Viktor Nikiforov and Yuri Katsuki

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May 19, 2017

Seven Days (Manga) add

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The setting is in a typical high school, and the couple is a typical senpai-kouhai pairing. They are both good-looking, popular and in the same archery club. What's different? How other people view them.

The senpai, Shino Yuzuru, has a beautiful face, but his personality does not match that good look. And because of that, he always gets dumped by girls saying "Senpai's personality makes me feel very disappointed."

The kouhai, Seryou Touji, also has a good-looking face. But unlike Yuzuru, Seryou is every girl's dream. He's popular for dating anyone who confesses to him first on Monday, then give her the dream relationship, and break ...

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Feb 1, 2017

Kuroshitsuji (Anime) add

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This may be the most well-written anime series I've seen. Not that it was Oscar-worthy writing, but most of the writing I've seen in anime has always been the thing that prevented me from really loving it. This series doesn't have the lazy, shortcut type of writing that simply fills the plot gaps. It actually builds different stories to support different themes.

Anyways, the series themes of revenge and redemption are woven together well with well-crafted storylines. This isn't an anime with non-stop action, but it does have its share of dark supernatural battle scenes, as well as witty humorous battle scenes. There is quite ...

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Feb 1, 2017

Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo (Anime) add

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The title of spring 2015’s Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches anime made me worry that this would be a harem anime. Thankfully, it is not. Instead, Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches sets about briskly extracting as much intelligence and wit out of its simple body-swapping premise as possible.

Protagonist Yamada hides a good heart inside a delinquent streak bigger than his ego. Female lead Shiraishi is a quiet honor student whose good grades are a product of her shyness and isolation moreso than any kind of ambition. Student council member Miyamura is smart as a whip but cool as a cucumber, while Supernatural Club member ... Ito’s obsession with the supernatural leads the rest of her class to shun her as a chronic liar (not to mention weirdo).

Not only are the characters’ personalities different, there’s follow-through with that. Miyamura’s student council connections are explored, with his motivations for enabling Yamada and Shiraishi’s body swapping made an impetus for further plot movement. Ito is a weirdo who loves aliens and other New Age garbage, but Yamada uses his time in her body to help her, ultimately giving her a safe place to be her own weird self.

My favorite moment that stems from exploring the characters’ personalities happens when Shiraishi swaps bodies with Yamada to avoid a cold. After Shiraishi states that she is only a good student because she has nothing else in her life but her grades and tells Yamada leave, Yamada instead stays to give her some comfort and company. He encourages her to go to college by saying that he, in all his delinquency and outbursts, will try to go to college as well, if she will. It was really touching and gave us new insight to both of these charactrs and the slow and tender growth of their relationship.

Yamada can switch bodies with anyone, with a kiss. This premise could get played out in just one episode, but Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches has had four episodes so far and the premise remains interesting.

For one, the show doesn’t always do the same thing with Yamada’s switching. When Yamada switches with Ito, he ends up kicking the collective ass of a group of rude jerks who were bent on exploiting Ito’s need for weird supernatural crap. But when Yamada switches with Shiraishi, it is just as often at her request as it is at his. She switches with him so that he can make friends for her, something the socially isolated and awkward girl doesn’t know how to do. He switches with her so she can take his tests for him, not (just) so he can grope himself. (She checks out what Yamada’s working with, too.)

The last few episodes see Yamada’s body-switching power gone completely in favor of a berserk charm ability that overpowers the subject with a driving need to make Yamada theirs, an ability that appalls Yamada and leaves Ito and Miyamuri equally repulsed after he lifts it with a kiss.

In short: Should you watch Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches?
Yes: It’s fun, it’s funny and the characters are entertaining and relatable. Yamada reminds me very fondly of Yuusuke from Yu Yu Hakusho, another loud guy with skill in a fight and a good heart. If you’re in the mood for something light, this is perfect.

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Jan 30, 2017

Sword Art Online (Anime) add

Mixed Feelings

Now, don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate SAO. I was very much entertained by the anime, and ended up giving it 6/10, meaning it was a fine show. I love the idea and concept of it, however, I do have some massive problems with how it was executed.

SAO has one of the strongest opening episodes in anime history, competing with shows like Shingeki no Kyojin. There is something sinister in the air when we are introduced to this fantasy world made from technology, a dream come true for so many gamers. And when the players are trapped inside this death game, shit gets real, ... and that is a very interesting premise. The problem with all this, is that the anime doesn’t deliver. It spends a few episodes setting up for what you’d expect to be an adventure. You expect action, danger, character building. You expect people to go crazy in there, not being able to separate reality from fantasy anymore, perhaps even forget about their former lives.
Instead, we have Kirito’s struggles with his antisocial behaviour. He’s in an MMO. A game created so that in order to advance, you have to team up with other players. And yet, it seems like Kirito manages to level up all on his own. He’s just too over powered, just because he’s good at games. But he can’t be the only one in this world that is good at games? His social awkwardness is a joke. Whenever he runs into some new people, usually girls, he marches in like a knight in shiny armour and saves the day. And every single girl falls for him. This anime has got some serious sexism issues right there. The way it’s set up like an adventure/action anime though, doesn’t really hide the fact that in the end, it is also just another harem. We barely even see Asuna until way into the story. We never see how she gets over her insecurities, we never see any character development.

Kirito and Asuna’s relationship feels like a straightforward, no conflict route. They start hanging out and before you know it they’re getting married. There’s no hindrance, nothing standing in their way. So they move out to the countryside to play house and as a viewer you feel like you’re a little child again. I was hoping that this whole arc would end in them completely forgetting about the real world, wanting to stay in the game instead, I was hoping for some deep psychological issues. But no, eventually they do go back to the front rows, to continue their quest of ending the game. But of course, not without adopting a child first (this is a whole post of its own. Let me put it like this: I don’t like Yui).
All of the things I’ve said so far is only about the first half. And that was the half I liked. When Kirito beats the game, seemingly through the use of magic, it only gets worse. As if the fact that the creator didn’t even remember why he killed all those people wasn’t bad enough (I mean, at this point, you just can’t help but be annoyed), now is when the real train wreck begins. Still, personally, I think that had the anime ended at episode 14, the one where Kirito wakes up and goes to find Asuna, it would have the potential to be a classic, despite all its flaws.
But for some reason, they decided to continue the story. It goes from people trapped in a game of life and death to Waifu the Anime. Kirito’s little sister Suguha is in love with him, and for some reason, they justify this by saying they are only cousins. Even the sister man. But Kirito only has eyes for Asuna and goes on a mission to save her. The pacing slows down immensely, and at this point, I don’t even know if that’s for the better or worse. For the first time since watching I was actually bored. The new villain is laughable, and more than once I was worried I had gotten myself into a more graphic genre of anime than first presumed. Hints of tentacle rape and NTR make matters worse, and at the end, I was just happy it was over. And why these young teenagers would want to keep playing MMOs, after all they went through, is beyond my comprehension.

The problem with SAO is that it’s such a plot driven anime without actually showing any plot. It seems to me the creators just didn’t know where they were going with the story, and repeatedly sidetracked into filler arcs without actually elaborating on the deeper themes. This anime had great potential but collapsed under the weight of it. And with that, I end this post. This is my opinion on Sword Art Online. Please don’t ask me about the second season.

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