The Entertainment News 2019 Edition Issue #2

Sunday, 13 January 2019 arrow_back_ios arrow_forward_ios

Wow now that I look at the Anime reviews below I have real good impressions for the first episodes apparently it's been a long time since I wrote this long of a paragraph Kaguya-sama haha

OH LOVE ME MISTER~ OH MISTER~ haha okay I better stop

And yeah not revamping this place just yet I can't think of anything new because I've been reading up on CSS design styles and seeing what I like. No, not Blogger themes. I can do coding myself. I don't need no template haha the stock ones will do

アニメ Domestic na Kanojo

"It kinda just happened" Hey, you know how many guys wanted that to happen even once? lol

Okay in Natsuo's defense it really just kinda happened because he really had NO IDEA until he like what, reached the girl's room? *laughs* The first episode (#DomeKano01) of this series which would require some background from my side before you think why not watch "Koi to Uso" or "Kuzu no Honkai", is so good I have to shelf half the quotes I want to comment on this episode alone. *laughs* Okay, background first. It's author Sasuga Kei's latest work which got famous real quick (21 volumes of manga to date, Jesus) and turned into an Anime, probably thanks to her first work "GE - Good Ending", which I would probably compare to at this point as both stories are rather similar but the circumstances for this one is a little different, and probably more accepting to more as a drama plot. So, let's talk about it. The story mainly revolves around three (I'm excluding Natsuo's friend lol) people: Natsuo is the main guy, Rui is the girl he had it with, and Hina is the woman Natsuo likes. Hey, liking a teacher isn't abnormal, people. It happens to every other Anime lol. Too bad Hina is not interested in little boys yet haha. Hey, give him 5 years and he'll be an adult, I assure you. Problem is, he is technically ~~in a relationship~~ done it with her sister already, because she was just curious the one time and now cannot get the man to forget about it. I mean, if when they did it she was like dead meat it probably wouldn't have left too much of an impression, but still. *laughs* (She did say she doesn't know anything, and the guy's a virgin, so...) (And that's why you find those who at least did it once but not like, once every week lmao) Okay I'm drawing AV references here already but as you can see, the show has many premises to make jokes on lol, but more importantly, to talk about plot development. The only thing I can foresee which would turn me off this series is the flashback of the probably full sex scene that I'll have to watch to understand why it was bothering Natsuo that much. (I mean, it's just sex) And that, I'm not really looking forward to. (Again, for Anime I would like to watch content that is as pure as possible) Besides that, the show is light-hearted, there are many more characters alive besides these three (you know you suck when your dad can pick up a woman better than you lol), and I'll be ready for more. This type of shows are uncommon for my tastes, but I'll give this ten times over "Koi to Uso", just so you know. Because I just feel this one was more palatable, and I'm not referring to someone's pu**y lol okay but seriously I need to stop with the sex jokes

This is the happiest face you're gonna see Rui in this series lol

P.S. "I'm going to your room to search for dirty things!" And then she finds her sister there lmao
P.P.S. "No way! Fujii-san's kid is Fujii-kun?" lol sensei stating the obvious well then again it can ONLY happen in Anime, right? *silence*
[On a final note, I would argue that this show has its charm in terms of plot and cast (I'll take Yocchan AND Mayachi any time of the day) and I'll be staying to watch whatever drama happens]

WTF is with this end card title?? Also I would like to know who this lady is hehe
(Thanks to Sasuga-sensei it's this cosplayer)

アニメ Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai

"I went to all the trouble of fabricating a prize and putting it in Fujiwara's mailbox" I see we have a winner haha and I don't mean Chika-chan

But seriously if you thought this was a brain war between geniuses it's not. All of them are idiots, the two of them. *laughs* And I'll be darned if this isn't a romantic comedy series because without that narrator and because I saw the first chapter of the manga I would argue that this show's momentun might be hard to follow. Well, this is more like from the first part to be honest, but after that I can get the drift. Maybe it does take a genius to understand this series lol I wonder how people got into this school. Chika-chan MVP this whole series btw; I said it here first. *laughs* Okay let's talk about what happened. In this first episode (#KaguyaSama01) in the more than slice-of-life student council room setting, we sit three people: Kaguya who is the main girl, Miyuki who is the main guy, and Chika-chan ~~the bi*ch~~ the middleman who will make or break this potential couple. I say "potential" because these two just have so much pride that they will never confess to each other. I know, start another series but let all the lovey-dovey stuff happen and we'll have a better series than "Tada-kun" lol. Of course, this is not going to happen to any extent for now as the two battle their wits on each other (which we'll talk about how effective that will be) to see who can get the other to do it first. Heck, if you do this strategising openly who the hell will confess? Just so you know, by the way. Now, the real story. First up was Chika-chan who happens to have a couple of tickets to a movie screening which according to her will get a couple close together so she can't watch it (let's go, Chika-chan hehe). Miyuki starts serving first, but both end up getting hit by the referee who left with the ball. Manjuu, I mean. *laughs* The exaggeration in the animations of thoughts on both sides are seriously extended this part I assume for effect, but as first time round watching and of course being spoiled on the manga it does feel slow. So yeah, don't read the original work is my warning to you. Moving on to the next one (I'll talk about the origin of the tickets later), Kaguya-sama got a love letter from an anonymous person. Of course that is going to piss Miyuki off, so he tries to stop her. Heck, even bringing out the "I'm going to tell teacher" card (nice elementary school flashback btw lol) (totally necessary imo haha) right here, but the girl doesn't care. She is going to make sure the guy will give her that stereotypical call which she so desires but which he will never deliver (Hint: It's called "Don't go") (oh yeah they animated that haha), but ended up not getting any because Chika-chan chipped in. *laughs* Now you know why this girl will be MVP? You know the show is good when you can predict the outcome lmao. Lastly, it's the lunch, and it's #NotKoufukuGraffitti lol. Okay now I can talk less about pride but more on the legit differences between the two. Namely that Kaguya-sama eats the food that one Seitokai Yakuindomo racked girl eats too, and the other two in the room are commoners who happen to be smart and come to this school, bringing in their own lunches. Hey, for this one I disagree with the verdict tbh because Miyuki guessed the girl's thoughts totally wrong and if Chika-chan did not offer her friend (I don't think they are now she's just downright insulting her) (okay maybe lol) (NOT THE CHILDHOOD FLASHBACKS haha) that one octopus weiner (*looks at own crotch*) Kaguya-sama may end up crying in her bedroom lol. As I said, we're NOT going to get all the happy endings in this series because the characters themselves hate it. Besides Chika-chan, she wants it bad. *laughs* All in all, great show to stick around if the opening theme song wasn't the weirdest match I've heard in years (sorry to the guy who sang it and Ikimono's Mizuno for writing this I forgot you write these kinds of songs too didn't expect it to be in this show though) (please halca-san may the ending theme be good next week lol), and I hope now that we have first episode to warmup the pace of the show in terms of brain battle can speed up just a bit. Or just make them smoke out of their heads that's fine too haha. As a final note, it would seem to imply that Kaguya-sama will be the loser in most cases since she is technically weaker in heart and will have to arrange stuff (the tickets) as a rich family's girl (the food) in order to bring herself down to get someone else to confess to her? It's going to be hard, Kaguya-sama. I hope you're ready because I am haha

That is Level 4 Inception right there, idiots. *laughs*

P.S. "We are talking about Shinomiya who usually passes her time looking at me" I had to listen to the VA to confirm the subtitles weren't wrong lol #Narcissism (I think I did the confirmation thing multiple times this episode to see if the fansubs are joshing me lmao)
P.P.S. This may be a very seiyuu technical question, but wouldn't Ten-chan (Amamiya Sora) based on her real character in front of the camera, be the perfect person to act Kaguya-sama? I don't know if Koga Aoi is a genius, but... (Edit: On second thought you're good too Aoi-chan haha) (She's in a 3P?? I see I must have left you out because of the other two... *laughs*)
[Commemorating the start of this series which I will probably stay in, here's some Kaguya-sama montage hehe (And it's not because I accidentally upload images of her btw)]

Me when I saw someone's lunch is better than mine lol

漫画 Dagashi Kashi

"So she eats meat and stuff" lol they thought Hotaru-chan has a pure sweets diet. I mean how else can you raise that rack- Okay in the new chapter (136) the guys are trying to organise a sleepover in view of the winter holidays starting, and... Hotaru-chan decided to invite them to her place. Yeah. Well, her place in ths countryside because she doesn't live here, but still. It's larger than your average farm plot, which says something. Problem is everyone is expecting her to come up with some dagashi thing in the hot pot session to start their stay, and... it didn't happen. Well, it didn't happen till the end, of course. But yeah, even then it's all normal. She eats meat in hotpot, she serves Hajime-san beer left on her place since she doesn't drink (good girl, this one haha) and even brings out more meat since she's the one eating them all lol. But of course, as everyone thought of ending the session with noodles, Hotaru brought out - you guessed it - a dagashi. Hey, it's normal her again! What did I tell you, eh? Although I would argue her passion of dagashi is still there but hey, it's not the only food in the world haha *looks at Hotaru*

That feeling when anticipation fails expectation lol that's me with songs this week haha

音楽 This Week on Klassic Note

This was quite a week in Klassic Note, but I admit I didn't review the releases soonoer so my opinion might still be biased since I haven't given any second chances, but still. Kotobuki Minako's new single is fine, but nope it's not going to be on my shelf because of a disappointing B-side. And I had to ignore that dance pop tune (like, seriously) in order to give the topic song. Melody's what important, people. Aimer's new triple A-side single must be most overrated single in Japan right now since it's popular out there and not over here. Oh well, see you next time, Aimer-san. You're getting nothing this time round. I also concluded on a couple of releases I listened last week, so SHE's latest album got some songs on the list which are interestingly not topic songs, and yeah fhana's best album gets their latest song on my list. *sigh*laughs*

Next week brings us Amamiya Sora's new single which I haven't anything yet, and since this is the only release I've taken some initiative also since it's the start of the year to update myself on new songs, and I have found quite a few. Though Audioleaf brought me no new indie artists, I did get some familiar names back with vivid undress, Hata Motohiro, and... well it's mainly these two, and The Floor's new mini-album (and that's why I say must ignore music style because this rock band also gone pop ugh) and they are pretty good so I'll be sure to check those out. You may have seen me update my Twitter on these stuff earlier today.

On Twitter news, I found a lot to share, so let's see how much I've remembered to like so I can talk about it here lol. Anime "Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai" opening theme must be the most normal retro song I can give without remembering the reference lol, miwa is apparently overseas busking just like YUI for some reason, Kuso Iinkai is disbanding and ending it with a best album in two weeks (WHY??) (well I can guess why they aren't popular enough tbh), it is confirmed now that SCANDAL's new shift towards a private music label is actually under Victor Entertainment as they join the major label's rock festival (So they left Sony Music Japan liao? Very confusing now tbh), and in a direct comparison of Taketatsu Ayana's new music video versus Minase Inori's new music video I might just only review the latter. Sorry, Ayachi. It's the song.

I guess this is it then. If I forgot anything I'll blame it on my brain's constant thought of that stupid work I just received to end the week. I know, right? My superior must hate me lol haha not really lah my office is an amicable environment and is way better than many others already to be honest. Cya guys next week then, and until next time... God if I can skip every week to watch Anime now BUT DAMMIT WHY GOT COMPANY TRIP NEXT WEEK!!! *laughs* Well, guess I'll have to watch Anime in Batam then haha