Why the hell did I finish this?

Rosario + Vampire is about the young man Tsukune Aono. Due to poor grades, he can’t get into a private academy and has to go to Youkai Academy. Turns out the school is for monster and human beings are strictly prohibted. Though the monster are disguised as humans and can’t show their monster form to anyone. The first student he meets is Moka Akashiya, a vampire. Moka likes the smell of Tsukune very much and immedeatly sucks the blood from his neck. When Tsukune finds out what kind of school he is attending, he leaves back to home. But finding out the schoolbus only arrives once in 2 months, he is forced to attend anyway.

When Tsukune gets beaten up for liking Moka, and Moka has taken a liking to him too, Moka tries to rescue him. Overpowered by the monster that has an eye on Moka, Tsukune accidently removes the rosary on her neck. This makes her reveal her true self and kicks and stomps the living crap out of her opponents. That’s basically what happens every episode, her smashing down her opponents. Along the way, Tsukune meets other girls that apparently like him too, pretty bizarre really. All are stereotype too, the large breasted horndog, the smart loligirl, the ice woman and the mysterious gothic chick.

Animation was average, most of the episodes looked alright. I like the art style, but sometimes, some shoots looked pretty ugly. The only episode where the studio spilled some budget was episode 10 and that was the only episode that looked really good, especially the action scenes. The only thing they did right were the pantyshots and fan service. The music is dull and repetive, the ending theme was kinda neat though.

This is pretty much your generic ecchi anime with action scenes and fan service. Why did I finish this? Well, it was more like that I saw an awesome page of Tsukune, and I was hoping that that would be revealed in this season. There will also be a second season, it will start in october. Might pick it up anyway, I have lots of hope, since I have been told the manga is way better. Just don’t watch this unless you’re a real ecchi show lover, this is just garbage.

I AM BOSS!

Delicious?

This is just one of those slice of life series that makes you want to keep watching. The humour is really dry and sudden and not as repeative as goddamn Lucky Star. And of course, Kana and Chiaki steal the show with their double act, though everybody has something that makes him/her funny and special.

To compare this series, I would have to compare it to Azumanga Daioh. Kana is a mixture of Tomo and Osaka. Chiaki is Chiyo-chan, but way more evil and Haruka is a mixture of Yomi and Sakaki. These three girls’ lives are far from normal and their adventures are very amusing. Wheter they go to school, cook or have fun at the beach, it always turns out not exactly as planned. It’s not as hilarious as Azumanga Daioh, but it really has its moments.

Peak-a-boo!

Animation is solid and the art style is fresh. One thing that made me kind of frown were the sudden Bible Black faces that would appear. When there were facial or eye close ups, you would see their faces in Bible Black style, not that I’m complaing or anything, the Bible Black art style is simply gorgeous. I didn’t really pay attention to the music, but some tunes did fit the scenes.

Bible Black-ke.

Maybe it’s the art style, characters or the anything really, this made me keep watching and saying to myself ‘one more and I’ll call it a day.’ Hah, I finished this is one in 4 days. Says something about it doesn’t it? It’s probably because the characters are pretty silly, it makes you chuckle nonetheless and seeing them being silly, or stupid in Kana’s case, is pretty fun.

SOOOIYAH!

All in all, this is a really solid comedy that leans on it’s excentric characters and silly situations. I really enjoyed it and when I saw the preview of the next season, I just almost wanted to hang myself. I mean, look at this. 13 episodes short, though there is a second season, but from what I’ve heard and seen, it’s just not the same. Complete art style change and the jokes aren’t funny, plus it leans on the ecchi side too.

After Gonzo screwed up Rosario + Vampire, which you will read a review by me soon, they came with a new anime this season. To promote a MMORPG that will release soon too. The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk. While I was expecting serious fantasy business, I got a shitload of lulz and parodies.

Be careful!

The story revolves around Gil, the Hero. Gil is the chosen one to defeat the evil God Druaga once again, since the last Hero did so too. With his four other companions they travel to the tower where Druaga hides in. Along the way, the Hero receives an armour from a Goddess,(Seint Seiya) uppercuts his comrade to convince him to be the Hero,(Hajime no Ippo) meets the Black Knight,(Gundam) shoots beams from his sword,(Zelda) RAAAAAAAAAAGES over his fallen comrades,(any fighting shonen really) their defendless little mage gets tentacle raped,(lol tentacle hentai) Aquamentus made an appearance,(first Zelda game, the first boss, but really, almost any RPG has a fire spewing dragon) Power Rangers made their appearance too. The best one was probably at the end, a big Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Neon Genesis Evangelion and Dragon Ball parody in one. When this was over, the Hero woke up. He had all just dreamed these events and finds out that he and his comrades are at the beginning of the Tower.

Druaga’s true form.

Lol tentacles.

Gundams are in this animu too.

So are EVA Units.

Funny though, since the plot outline is this;

The Summer of “Anu”: In a summer once every five years, demons in the mysterious Tower of Druaga lose their powers due to the magic spell cast by a god named “Anu”. King Gilgamesh, ruler of the kingdom Uruk, uses the appearance of demons as an excuse to invade the tower and find out the construct’s secrets. As 80 years passed, the Uruk army managed to fight back the demons and built a fortress city and safe haven on the very first floor of Druaga – Metz Kier. Thus begins the story of a warrior named Gil who, finding companions along the way, embarks on a quest for the fabled Blue Crystal Rod, a powerful artifact rumored to be in the highest floor of Druaga. However, other competitors, including the kingdom of Uruk itself, want the treasure, all for their own reasons.

Rumor has it that Gonzo releases 2 versions, 1 for free and 1 for subscribers. If this is true, then I’ll probably watch the free lulz version. This is just hilarious shit.

SONIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII…

…IC BLADE!!!

Lazor beams.

GIGA MEGATON HAMMER!

First episode made me eager to watch more, only thing confusing is the opening theme, upbeat ska is always nice, but the images are set in our time. So they might pull a .hack or they’re just taking a piss with us.

Kaiji sorted out the way to defeat the chairman and confronts him with another gambling game.

SUTARSAIDO HOTERU

The chairman is tired, he said that it’s getting far too late for him and he needs his rest. Kaiji immediately grabs his arm and insists to play one more game with him. His henchman grab in, trying to talk Kaiji out of it. But Kaiji won’t listen to them and doesn’t give ‘a shit.’ He will not leave nor will he release the chairman’s arm until he has accepted his challenge. The chairman gets annoyed and slashes his walking stick on Kaiji’s arm. He won’t flinch.

The power of friendship.

The chairman accepted his challenge and suggests another game. But Kaiji won’t accept that, he will not be fooled again by one of their own games. Kaiji suggests a game of his own, but he needs time to think. Now, he needs to carefully plan every moment out, he can’t hesitate now, otherwise they will think he planned the game before hand. After a while, he asks for a ruler and paper blankets. He divides them up in little square pieces. There is one problem left though, he still hasn’t told about the box. If they will bring the smaller box, Kaiji will set the wager lower. And if Kaiji would have already told the chairman what kind of game they were doing, they would have prepared notebooks or any other kind of material to keep track, meaning the trick of the extra winning ticket fails.

Carefully measuring how to rip off a piece of paper, what perfectionist.

Now that Kaiji has prepared enough lots, he draws circles on several lots, but it seems that he doesn’t like the outcome. He throws them on the floor. After several more are thrown on the floor, he says that preparations are done. He did this because after he draws the winning lot, he will pick up the box and shake every lot out of it, thus they cannot see if he was cheating. Kaiji asks for something to put the lots in, they bring out a bag and a leather suitcase, but Kaiji wants something that is still sealed and not something of their own. They suggest a tissue box, all there is left is to have hope. Nervously, they wait for the man in Black Suit to return with the right box!

I used these for fapping, I hope you don’t mind guys. D:

Kaiji asks if he can check the box for anything suspicious. They object, but the chairman says it’s alright. After that, Kaiji gives the box to the old man to check for himself, so there won’t be any suspicion towards him. Kaiji explains what they have to do in this game, after that, the chairman asks for 3 request.

1. If the winning lot is rolled up, folded etc. the one who draws it won’t win, because you can easily put a small, rolled up piece of paper under your fingernails. Also, when they draw, they need to spread out their fingers and roll up their sleeve.
2. The old man wants to draw first.
3. The wager is 100 million yen.

As for the wager… Kaiji only has 20 million yen. He comes 80 million short. Because the chairman finds the game a bit dull, he makes Kaiji gamble his fingers too, each worth 20 million yen, meaning that if he would lose, he will have 6 fingers left. Kaiji, who is now seriously starting to get in doubt, tells himself not to stop now. He must move onward, with the money he wins, he can redo his live and thus, he accepts the conditions.

Delicious fish fingers.

With only 2 episodes left, I feel that Madhouse is going to pull an Akagi on this one, too. Letting it end open, but hopefully they will continue next year or so. With this episode, they are seriously building up for a climax, I predict that the next episode is going to be tense. All in all, I’m going to miss this even more then Akagi. Akagi felt pretty empty, but that’s what made it so good. Kaiji, on the other hand, feels different. It has a lot of different feelings to it. Something indescribable. Unique, to say the least. It simply fascinates me when Kaiji has a plan in his little skull and how he works it out from scratch. He truly is the ultimate survivor.

With just 2 episodes left before this ends, Gonzo tries to make things more interesting by adding some story into the mix.

Ganguro girls are still popular in the real world, apparently.

The new semester has started and the Newspaper club decided to write articles about their trip to the human world. While they handout their handmade newspapers to the students, another newspaper club appeared! Only their newspaper seems to be better because of colour print and less boring articles, or so it seems. Kurumu gets annoyed and states that there can only be one newspaper club, but it turns out they got and are protected by the student committee.

Pantyshots are rare in this episode!

Not knowing what to do, they try to ask their upper class man Gin for help. But Gin is no where to be found. Kurumu gets annoyed once again. Where is Gin…

Oh there he is. Eh, what’s up with that camera?

Oooh you~

Well that explains why he never is around… Kurumu decides to go promote their newspaper more in her own way, together with Yukari. Both throw in their charms, wearing maid outfits. The crowd, especially the guys, fall for it. Who wouldn’t? It appears that Kurumu’s trick worked. Though, the Yokai Square immediately countered it by wearing bikinis! This gets the crowd pumped up, and as a bonus, everyone who subscribes gets a free photograph of one of the writers in a bikini.

Lovely~

Spicy~!

Not everyone falls for the charms of busty girls in bikinis…

Once again, they lost to the student committee. Gin suggest to just quit the newspaper club, before things start to get out of hand and tells them to burn all the newspapers they still have left. While Moka and Yukari are away, Kurumu decides to secretly hand out the newspapers they have left, but Tsukune disagrees. The student committee finds out what Kurumu wants to do and steps in with force. Both Tsukune and Kurumu are trapped in a web. It turns out the leader of the second newspaper club is a spider woman!

Oi, ‘ello, lovely face!

Shirayuki tries to help by using her ice powers, but it doesn’t quite work. By now, Yukari and Moka are back. Yukari tries to get Moka close to Tsukune, but Moka can’t grab his hand. Not to worry, Tsukune yanks off Moka’s rosary, thus the full form of Moka is revealed. Moka simply defeats her by pulling the spider woman towards her by her own webbing.

Tug-o-War.

The episode was alright, it was more serious then the other episodes and there weren’t much pantyshots for once. I can’t believe I got so far with watching, normally I don’t like these kind of shows, but I guess it’s because it doesn’t take itself too serious and the creators know that. The series is coming to an end too, but I’ll pick up the manga after this, since it goes further from there on.

The end is coming near for this series as Kaiji comes up with the last gambling game. Brilliant at first, but the problems immediately arise.

Tissue Box Raffle, a game based on luck. It’s like the lottery. Take an empty tissue box, cut up paper to about 50 to 60 small squares and mark one with a circle. Put those in the tissue box and the first one to draw the correct ‘ticket’ wins the game. Though Kaiji seems to have a plan in his head.

Claiming that the boxes are awesome, he found a way to cheat. While he was explaining how to certainly win, problems were already beginning to develop. Kaiji found out that he can easily stick another winning ticket in the box. Since the sides of the boxes aren’t glued properly, there is a gap where paper can be pushed through inside the box, but the sides of the boxes are the same, so whenever the Man in Black bring a box, he wouldn’t know which side has the other winning ticket. Luckily for him, the bottom side of the box isn’t glued that properly either! While this will give him a better succes of winning, other problems lay ahead. What if the chairman draws the ticket first? Or what if they find out that Kaiji cheated? Such problems are worth a risk in his eyes, after all, they were screwing around with him too.

The episode itself was alright, just the generic explanation episode before the storm. Hopefully Madhouse makes good use of the last 3 episodes or so. I’ll be damned if there won’t be a second season after this.

When spring season starts, I’ll probably pick up 2 shows. Soul Eater and The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of URUK. Until then, I will write about Clannad, Kaiji and Rosario + Vampire and the series I randomly watch/read.

Until then. :3

Hey there and welcome readers. :3

So yeah, just a heads up, I will write stuff about the anime I watch and the manga I read. Maybe some other stuff too. c: