Legend of dance: mid series pause thoughts

Legend of Dance is a unique piece of chinese period drama as it is set as a SinoBurmese theme in the 9th century. Based on a true account of Prince shwenandaw.

Starting from Kingdom of Pyu, now known as Myanmar, the Prince sets out on a Journey to the North to present Kingdom of Pyu's music to the Tang Dynasty. Before he sets out, he brings along a thief, a lonesome hero, Tang dynasty insider, and Pyu's best dancer.

The first 20 episodes basically have three arcs: - Kingdom of Pyu
- Rui Li
- Nan Zhao

Each arc has it's own plot twist and tons of mysteries to solve. Scenaries in every city and episode is VERY BEAUTIFUL. This drama is very rich in history, Buddhism, and traditional musical elements of Pyu.

What i love about this drama is that it focuses a lot of martial arts scenes as well as the different locations and costumes. You will see places of ancient Myanmar, cross border between China and Myanmar. They also used actors/actresses from Asia which makes this very unique!

The costume is filled with so much gold and peacock feathers... the costumes of Pyu reminds me of Magi! The Prince (played by lin geng xin) looks like a real life sinbad.

I love all the music and dance in this show and even though i am posting this after watching Episode 20, i still cringe at certain plots.

The entire assassination happened since the first episode and up till episode 20, it is still ongoing. It's like how team rocket appears to cockblock Ash, Swiper interrupts Dora's journey. I am still waiting for the General to die.

However, the plot have already gone through countless plot twists and each time the group checks in to a new city, a whole new mystery starts.

Prince will be your Sherlock Holmes who will solve mysteries nearer to the end of that arc and whenever he presents his arguments, you will feel like he is testing your intelligence because you never once felt that loop hole and it just mindfucks you.

Characters:
Prince is like your 9th century Sherlock Holmes. He is the brain but lacks the skills of fighting. He is pretty much the innocent, useless, and dumb prince who has yet to seen the world. So pure-hearted who is willing to forgive everyone.

Thief. She's the wittiest and quirkiest among the group. She's more than what you think she is. But she has her secrets too.

Lonesome hero. He's the typical warrior like hero who is very calm and gentleman. I love his character a lot and his martial arts skills are really impressive. All the whoosh, wham, bam! are super sick! He's also the pillar of support in the groupie since he is the only one who can fight.

Insider. She's a VERY innocent girl who has no decision over what she does and she is so naive to the point where you want to scream at her.

Dancer. ETHREAL BEAUTY. GODDESS. ELEGANCE. She is so cool, your tsundere!!!!!!! I love her character and mysterious aura around her. Her dance is so breath taking i love her already.

General son. He is a very sharp tongue person who also is a womanizer. Although he is the foster child of the General, there is more to what he is. He has so many sides to him, it is too hard to trust him.

This drama definitely challenges your intelligence and observation skills, but often you get distracted because of the surrounding.

For now, this drama is 8.5/10!

Strobe Edge manga to get live-action film

Strobe Edge manga confirmed to get live-action film!!

Summer Anime 2014 Ep 1/2 two cents thoughts

This post is going to be a collection of my two cents comments about the first episode of some Summer Anime that I have watched. You may agree or disagree with me, but I'm not asking you to agree with everything.

Just to clarify, I watched all the titles without reading the manga unless otherwise mentioned.

more warnings:

lots of stupid fangirlings and maybe incoherent sentences

and obviously major spoilers. 

Also, this is a lengthy post so please take your time.

Ookami shoujo to kuro ouji anime confirmed

BIG NEWS Y'ALL!!

OOKAMI SHOUJO TO KURO OUJI ANIME IS CONFIRMED!!!!!

Sakurai Takahiro as Kyouya
Itou Kanae as Erika

Source: comic natalie

Sailor Moon Crystal episode 1 after thoughts

I've said it before I don't call it review because I think whatever I'm saying isn't a review....

I will be calling Sailor Moon Crystal for the next few paragraphs and other episodes review as Crystal.

It's been 16 long years since the last time I watched Sailor Moon, or at least have a rough mental image of what I think it was. When I was young, I didn't discover the senshis by myself. According to my mother, she insists that the show is during her time when it was during mine. I remember singing along to moonlight densetsu, blabbering some mahou spells, and doing that moon crown boomerang thing. I think i also had a sailor moon fanbook because there was a page I really liked about sailor mecury and I also had tons of sailor moon posters. My collection started when my family will always head down to IMM every weekend, i think, to get stuff. My mental image is blurry but i think there was a section for Japanese related goods and it was pretty crowded.

16 years later, Crystal is out, a total reboot of the entire series and I wonder how far will this series last. I'm excited. Are you?

When I first watched the opening clip aired during AX2014 that was floating around on the internet, I legit screamed along with the people in the video because it was so exciting to see MR TUXEDO MASK AND PRETTY SENSHIS WITH SUPER AWESOME WATERCOLOR ART AND KAWAII LUNA~! Although they didn't use moonlight densetsu, I'm quite glad that the seiyuus were the same.

WARNING, SPOILERS BELOW:

Anyway, when mamoru-kun first appeared on the streets in the afternoon with his tuxedo, it was ridiculous okay. Like what usagi-chan said, "who wears a tuxedo on a street in the afternoon!"

But it's excusable since it's Tuxedo-kun! He appeared with his - i assume - rayban shades looking so smoking hot outside the Jewelry shop where he bumped into Usagi calling her two buns on her head odango. It was so funny and the best thing is Tuxedo-kun doesn't sweat. It's fricking summer.

Anyway, we also meet Motoki, the boy who Usagi loves working in the Arcade and the art is so much better now with watercolor-ed buildings etc.

TUXEDO-KUN FIRST FULL SUIT DEBUT

WHEN LUNA TELLS SAILOR MOON TO RECITE "MUUUUN PURIIIIIIZEMUUUUU PAWAAAAA MEEEEKAAAAPUUU!"

WHEN TUXEDO-KUN USES HIS ULTRA PRINCELY SMILE TO KILL US ALL YEAH HAVE MY BABIES PLEASE

AND EVIL JADEITE~

Ending interlude. GOSH LOVE THE ART. HAND DRAWN!!

INTERLUDE COLOR PENCIL ART WHICH IS SO PRETTY I'M USING IT AS WALLPAPER

I'm so excited for Crystal episode 2 because it will be on Sailor Mercury. I cant remember the story so I will read the manga once to see how it's like. My friends said it's already different from the 1992 series so yay I'm excited~

To sum up, I didn't know usagi was that whiny and you just have to bear with her whininess for the entire series. But she eventually matures so it isn't that bad. MOON PRINCESS IS SO PRETTY OKAY. GAH. SAILOR MOON BANZAI!

P.S i miss old school mahou shoujo

Cosfest sg 2014

Hi there! If anyone out there do read my stuff.

I attended cosfest singapore 2014 today and I have so many things to talk about so this is going to take very long and it is a loooooog post.

This year's theme is: COSFEST XIII - THE FINAL FANTASY

Okay, I don't really have that many things to talk about since I spent like less than an hour at the venue.

Before it all happened...

I only knew about cosfest two days before the event, which was Thursday night and the only reason why I'm willing to travel to the other end of Singapore was because of Yuegene's appearance. Yes, Im a huge fan of her (or he if some of you believe that is the gender) and then someone said Reika was coming down too and I went to check her facebook, viola, I decided to make a trip down.

Another reason why I wanted to go down was to get Yuegene tshirt. It's quite pricey though, sgd30.... oh and also my friend sammichii was going to sell some doujins, mainly pedal and jojo.

When it happened...

I had second thoughts attending the event today (Day 1) because my twin was already half-dead and exhausted because he woke up very early (6am) so I was already feeling guilty when he pleaded not to do any shopping for the day. But he was nice enough to accompany me to cosfest so I decided to keep quiet and just appreciate.

The minute we arrived in the marquee, I was just roaming around trying to look for booth 5 because that was where Sam's booth was. (Not her botth but her friend. Aiya, she's still selling her stuff anyway.) So as I roamed, I came across Singapore Cosplay Club's booth and saw someone looking familiar posing beside the booth and there was a long Q. Honestly, I thought that was some Singapore cosplayer. Don't shoot me! I just had a glance! Then as I went closer, I thought she looked quite familiar and after looking at the photobooks they were selling, O-M-G THAT WAS REIKA.

I was already half-spazzing half-speechless because I never got so upclose to her and seeing her just there, right in front of my eyes less than 5 meteres, it was like dream come true! (At this moment, I forgot about Yuegene.) I decided to browse the 4 types of photobooks on sale and while I was deciding on which one to buy, I noticed Krieger photobook which Reika, Kaname, and Yuegene shot together.... and that was the most expensive sgd25... so I decided to buy it! BECAUSE OT3 IN A BOOK WHY NOT! It unexpectedly came with an autographed poster by Reika and Yuegene (at this moment I remembered her) and I asked the counter lady if I had to Q to get an autograph. When she told me she could just hand it to her to sign now instead of Q-ing since the Q's for phototaking. At this moment, my excitement started to escalate.

What happened at that moment.....

OKAY, SHE SIGNED MY BOOK

*BREATHES*

REIKA THANK ME.

*BREATHE*

"CAN I HAVE A HANDSHAKE?"

*SHAKES HAND*

/RUNS AND SCREAM TO MY TWIN

"SHOULD I TAKE A PHOTO WITH HER?"

"Yeah. Go ahead."

*ransack bag for camera and runs half way*

*u-turn*

"CAN YOU BE MY PHOTOGRAPHER PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I DON'T HAVE GUTS TO TAKE A SELFIE"

//fans self// I need some self-control. Reika was in her Haikyuu outfit and since I haven't watched the anime, I am still not at spazzing level 9000 when she was in her Levi during AFA 2013.

When I was done with my Reika business, I roamed around again to look for Yuegene. I saw this huge PSO2 wall near the entrance and noticed a group gathered there and look, there was a queue so train of thoughts:

PSO2 WALL > CROWD > QUEUE > YUEGENE

I ran.

I did.

Not embarrassed.

I was happily Q-ing with twin as my photographer and thought I should give Yuegene to sign on the same photobook! But then I noticed a counter selling her Tshirt and I hopped out the Q to buy one. That was when I realized the Q was actually an autograph session and although sgd30 for a fan shirt was quite pricey, I bought one anyway.

Oh, it came with a PSO2 CD-ROM(do ppl still use this term?) and a PSO2 poster. I don't play the game so I don't know who the characters are but Yuegene was cosplaying as the black hair dude.

Yuegene's Q took awhile so when it was my turn, the guy in-charge said I couldn't use my photobook for the autograph session. BOOOOOOOOO 8( but not to worry since I already bought the Tshirt :D

The IC asked me to pass the poster instead. Really, the poster. I'm not even a fan of PC games why would I want her to sign on the poster. I rather she signs it on my shirt which has a better purpose. Sorry to hardcore PSO2 fans but I am unable to appreciate it.

If you want the poster, feel free to leave a comment.

I walked up to her steadily, reminding myself every minute not to freak out and spazz and blabber rubbish to her.

While Q-ing I was already forming weird conversation starters like, "hey! you're so cool!!" "omg you're so pretty!!" "i love you!!" "can i have a hug!" "you're so bijin!"

FUCK IT OKAY. WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT HER, MY MIND WENT BLANK! The only thing I remembered reminding myself was "take pictures of her signing my tshirt!"

I did . my hands were trembling so badly because I was so nervous to stand in front of her and oh my god she didn;t even look that gorgeous when she was in Nagisa last year.

So yeah. After she signed and smiled, i'm just ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (it's a feeling) and then I asked if I could take a photo with her.

I DID

I'M SO HAPPY

HALLELUJAH

YES.

When it ends...
Finally I'm reaching the end.
When I said I never had the thought of taking pictures with Reika and Yuegene, it's a lie. I thought of it, but I don't have that kind of luck to take photos with them. I missed Reika at AFA, I missed Yuegene at last year's cosfest and as much as I wanted to take a photo with her, I don't have the guts!

But an autograph? I MUST STILL BE DREAMING.

To sum up my entire afternoon, I only got satsuki-sama badge for a friend and I couldn't find sam ;(

Two items check off my list <3

P.S I only knew who tousabao is today. Don't judge me! I was just not very interested in local cosplayers until I saw reika uploaded their selfies. Hmm, might keep a watch on him then.

WHEN YUEGENE WAS SIGNING MY TSHIRT

REIKA AND YUEGENE AUTOGRAPHED: 

Me and them

And just more photos. Oh i bump into my ex-classmate who did Shizuo 

Loz iRobot Diamond series machine - Gundam EXIA

Good news. I've just completed my EXIA. will be posting a review later when I boot up my laptop. It's 2.30am here and I'll head to bed first.

I've built a few Nanoblock toys so building EXIA wasn't foreign to me. Just more time consuming and extra deduction skill set. Why?

Problems I had with my set of LoZ blocks:

1. Difference in color compared to what's printed on the box
2. Missing parts
3. Not exact parts
4. Wrongly drawn diagrams
5. Loose parts

You are bound to face such problems if you have buy it from China. I'm not looking down on them, it's just the standard of quality is there :-/ 

I took about ~4hours to finish building my robot and when it was done, it took me another 40minutes trying to get it to pose and you have no idea how much I cussed during this period because the sword/knife etc were either too loose to fit on the robot or it is too heavy. 

The head wasn't one of the parts that I completed, but I was so excited in building it because it's the fucking head! But when it was finished, I cussed most because trying to get that two "feelers" 1x4 brick was the hardest part of all! The sizing wasn't perfect so whenever I tilted one side, half the head got pushed towards the opposite direction, and when I tilt the other side, the head looks so compressed and forced it sorts of pushes back the two feelers and it ends up being vertical -.-

In this picture, you see it slanted like the box, right?! Yeah, it was that few seconds of triumph and then it went back to normal. pshht

Oh look! Now we have the body~! (you may compare against the box). In this picture, there's actually a missing part. But I replaced it with another extra block that I have. Thank god it's covered so it wasn't much of an issue.

Now we already have the sword, shield, guns and limbs done !

I GOT IT TO STAND!!!! After 40minutes. I tried my best to put everything together but it always ends up falling off after 3 seconds. I think the robot is standing around 20cm height, 10cm across. 

YUP AND THE TWIN DRIVE LOL

I paid sgd29.90 for it since it was during GSS period .. the original price is sgd34.90. Considering the price for the type of quality i'm paying, I'm not complaining much unless there's no replaceable piece. I need to hot glue everything together to make sure it's stable. The "joints" of the robots make squeaky sound each time I try to bend it and it doesn't have that grip to stay bended. The joints reminds me of old people :-/

I'm still going to buy my strike freedom when it's out in July~

P.S I bought my set at Cineleisure, Level 1, The Gadgets Supply. Or you can LIKE them on facebook :)

If overseas people happen to find this post and you're interested to get, let me know, I'll try to work around :)

ETA 12 july 2014:

I received update on TGS facebook. Strike freedom is in stock!

There are three sizes so Pricing:

small: Original gundam series: $29.90

medium: EXIA: $34.90

large: strike: $39.90

I'M EXCITED!

Funan Anime Matsuri 2014

Bear with me as i blog about my day through Blogger mobile which really sucks because I can't properly edit my things. They decided to make it so simple, i think the app is pretty useless. 

I went for this event at around 3pm to catch Sakuya. Thronged through the crowd just to get a good spot near the stage and I'm happy I managed to get a spot third row from the stage. Her event starts at 3.10pm so arriving 10minutes before was risky. Anyway, i'm glad the event was on time! 

I did not know which character she was going to cosplay (kinda hoping it will be Undertaker or Kanda) but she turned up as Levi from Shingeki no Kyojin! Not that surprising since it's she don't really need much make-up compared to undertaker (uh, i'm not a cosplayer so feel free to correct me) and her Kanda birthday tribute might be a bit too revealing. She's tiny but  not as tiny as Reika/Fay! I was kind of hoping she might pose a little... maybe she did but I wasnt around. Her wig styling workshop was on Sebby!! I wasnt around for her workshop so i dont know what else she might have done. 

I left after her Meet & Greet and came back at 5pm for Itowokashi! I missed them before so this was my only chance. Gosh  kashitaro was so tall and I LOVE HIS VOICE. SEIYUU VOICE. EHHHH dear kamisama  please bestow me a boyfriend with super eargasmic voice like that of a seiyuu!!!

NO PHOTOTAKING AND VIDEOING AND VOICE RECORDING ALLOWED during the ITOWOKASHI event. Just don't get caught :)

Their english were so cute and they tried their best to speak slowly w basic Japanese. They also sang their new song and they were also selling some Albums! I got mine at $20 since their albums are almost impossible to find here and i'm not sure if they will be selling tomorrow. 

I don't have a list of what songs they sang since I'm not a huge fan.

Since today was also Father's day, i had to leave early and couldnt catch PianoMinion play. Check this lil boy on youtube! Animenzz praised him for his natural born talent skills. 

I'm not being too detailed or spazzy as my battery is flat. I'm typing this speedily so i can go to bed and wake up and 6 for italy/england match and 9 for japan/ivory coast. 

Hope you guys manage to check Itowokashi final performance tomorrow!! 

Japanese Literature - Comrade loves of the samurai by Ihara Saikaku

I wouldn't call this a review, but just some after thoughts.

Written by: Ihara Saikaku
Translated by: E. Powys Mathers
Synopsis: In old Japan, sexual love among the samurai was permissible, and often matured into lifelong companionships. Comrade Loves of the Samuraitouches the subject of both normal and abnormal love with honesty and tenderness. (Goodreads)

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Have you ever read love between the samurai in the 17th Century?

When I first saw this book sitting on the shelves of the Japanese Literature section, I was immediately drawn by the title. Honestly, anything Boys Love (BL) I will definitely picked it up to read. But what made this book special was short stories between samurais, lords, and shouguns, in the 17th century. SAMURAI LOVE!!!!! You don't see it on media because samurais are honorable and prideful men with loyalty so this book was a very good insight on the lives in Ancient Japan ~400 years ago.

WARNING SOME SPOILERS BELOW:

Since this book is filled with short stories, they all end with the same way: by harakiri 

I remember reading on one of the chapters where this gay samurai looked down on women. I got a bit worked up because he said,  

"Women is a creature of absolutely no importance; but sincere pederastic love is true love. 

Both of these men detested woman as a vile garden worm."

/breathes deeply/ Thank god this is 17th century. If my gay friends ever say that, I would've slapped them or throw a thick dictionary at their head. 

Also, was the honor of samurai really that important? A scenario of one of the chapters:

A loves B, but B died of illness. 

On his deathbed, B told A to replace him and love his lover (C)

since A was B's best friend, he gave his promised and looked for C.

When A explained to C about B's dying wish, 

C said he will not be A's lover because he doesn't love him.

However, A said if C doesn't fulfill his friend/lover's wish, 

A will have to perform harakiri because he failed as a samurai

who cannot keep his promised.

Melodrama. But then again, people were so pure in the old days compared to now. I mean, if such situation were to happen I think I'll just tell the third person that he is fucking nuts. 

Another thing I noticed was pages to the Lord are often pretty boys and men in that period tend to fall for them... This was really interesting. No wonder they are always so feminine in manga/anime. However, one thing I'm curious about is, do samurai confuse their love for other samurai/page/lord with friendship and loyalty? It seems like they are attracted to each other based on loyalty. 

AT THE END OF THE DAY, if you are okay with gay love, do try to pick up this book. it's very mild love and it's more artsy/poetic short stories. You can see the honesty, pureness, and tenderness between the men and it makes me think about men now compared to before. 

This novel is definitely one of a fun read, but it satisfies mostly curiosity.

Overall: 3/5

List of resale shops in Japan/Harajuku

I know there are plenty of lists around on the internet but I thought maybe I should do my own when I visit Japan soon. You can choose to take note of this list or even help me drop more recommendations in my comment box. That would be very helpful :)

I'm really clueless with the amount of resale shops in Japan. You see, we don't really have much thrift stores here... probably about less than 5 so when I heard Japan has 'Resale fashion' i was so amazed I want to accumulate a list of shops :)

Psst. I have no idea how long this list will be but I will occasionally update it whenever possible.

• Kinji | www.kinji.jp
• Okoku | www.okoku.jp
• Prismic prism | www.prismic-prism.shop-pro.jp

K-drama: Bel Ami/Pretty Man/Yeppeun Namja after thoughts

Are you a huge fan of shoujo manga or manhwa? 

Are you a fan of bishounen/flower boy/pretty boy?

Are you a fan of rich family stories? 

If you have shoujo manga in 2 out of 3 choices, then this drama is for you.

I just finished this drama and I thought I should just write a bit of my thoughts and maybe do this drama a justice. I watched this drama with a shoujo fan mindset and this is a very light heart-ed drama.

If you heard of this drama, you probably checked the ratings and it is unexpectedly low. I gave it a gamble and went to watch it since the cast were a few of my favorite actor/actresses. It's been long since I last watched a Han Chaeyoung drama and I've been a huge fan of hers since Chunhyang days and also Jang Geun Suk since You're Beautiful. IU was a new lead so it was quite interesting and sorry, I have no idea who Lee Jangwoo was. 

This drama was adapted from a popular manhwa so you will expect dramatic scenes and reactions and unrealistic story. 

Jang Geuk Suk is Dokgo Ma Te while IU is Kim Bo Tong. Ma Te is a pretty boy who uses his pretty face to win heiress's heart to get what he wants (house, car, money... etc) and one day, he bumps into Hong Yoora, who seems to be "stalking" him. He approached her and she knows of his "password" that he needs in order to meet his mother and the answer of his password lies in Yoora's hands after Ma Te's mother sudden passing from an illness. In order to retrieve his password to reunite with his father, Ma Te has to conquer 10 women sent by Yoora to help her kick MG Group's Vice president, her mother-in-law, off her seat. 

Through the 10 women Ma Te meets, he learns and acquire skills needed to surpass MG group's power. However, the women that Ma Te dated, he manages to mature as a better person and take life lessons and values and through his experiences with them, the women also knows more about themselves, especially their flaws. 

J-Movie: Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler Review

Before you read any further, my review may be biased because I am a huge fan of Kuroshitsuji.

When the news of kuroshitsuji live-adaptation film was given a green-lit, i was very skeptical if this will turn out any flop. Many otakus will know when manga-adapted movies all turn out terrible and majority of the films have an awkward flow and plot. Then, when the news of the cast was released, i was even more worried because Ciel became a girl?!?!?!?!??! It's like they are trying to push for a het!sebastian x ciel and then there was this rumor that the identity of ciel will be changed. Also, a mix model for undertaker? My mindset back then was "SHIT THIS IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR FLOP"

When they release the trailer of kuroshitsuji.

I changed my mind about the movie because Mizushima Hiro did a well job portraying Sebastian!!! Still worried about Ayame Goriki portraying as Kiyoharu Genpo (we all know as ciel), but since it was a Warner bros. Japan film, it wouldn't be so bad. I was looking forward to watch the movie but when it was announced the release date, i was a bit sad that it wasn't release worldwide until March!!!

SPOILERS BELOW!

Doushitemo Furetakunai / No touching at all live action trailer

Trailer:


The trailer don't look promising but I'm still going to look forward to this movie!!!!

Kousuke Yonehara as Toshiaki Shima, 
Masashi Taniguchi as Yōsuke Togawa.
Movie out on 31 May 2014

Full article here: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-22/no-touching-at-all-boys-love-manga-live-action-trailer-streamed

Manga: Bride of the water god

The bride of the water god
Genre: Historical, shoujo, fantasy
Type: manhwa
Synopsis: Soah is a girl from a small village. The Water God is upset and so a long drought has been devastating the village people. In order to appease the god, they marry Soah off to him by sacrificing her to the Water God in exchange for rain. The Water God rescues her to his Water Kingdom, where her new life begins. For Soah, this is a story of her faith ... her life ... her love... (from mangahere)

I've not been a fan of manhwa's because their shoujo manhwas are always almost the same but there are a few that I am a great fan of : Goong, Model, Bride of the Water God, Noblesse, Captive Hearts (omfg this is BL but the best BL ever!!!!!!!)

I can't remember how I first encountered Bride of the Water God, but all I remember was when I first read the story, there were no english scans online so I must've bought the chinese manga to read. What made me reach for this book is the beauty of how the characters are drawn. Although most manhwa has their characters with large round eyes and narrow body and face, this artist drew all the characters like dolls. If you read one of the 4koma somewhere in between, the mangaka mentioned that she likes to draw her characters beautiful and made sure they have elegance, even if the scenes were killing.

The drawings inside are by far the most beautiful and serene I've ever seen and if you want to take a look at some scenery of the water kingdom, you can go tumblr and search for the tag. The thing about historical manga, it is important for a manga to draw their dressing well and she made hers so simple and elegant, just too beautiful. Oh yes, her drawings resemble clamp. Long bodies, long dresses, long hair. Everything is elongated!

Story wise... it revolves around the human girl Soah and how she's an important character in the celestial world. The gods are at war with mainly two sides, shin nong or the emperor (they are both brothers). I really like how the mangaka incorporates chinese tales into the story (i've listened to it since i was young) so i'm not unfamiliar with the stories. Her style of writing seems to focus more on relationships between people, something really classic and full of grace(?????) i know i dont make much sense loll!

When you read Bride of the Water God, you will not feel much violence, everything is quite pretty and peacemaking... basically your heart won't go crazy and make you turn into some violent reader but at times i did go crazy with the stupidity of the characters. There is not much depth into the storyline so you don't have to think so much and just go with the flow. There are fun moments inside but other than that, i think you can expect cliche lines and scenes.

An advice, just enjoy the 2d bxw scenery!!!!

I will re-read the manhwa again because the scanslators are terrible with their translations (sorry!!) and i got so confused with the names and because different people translate it, the story becomes choppy and sometimes it doesnt make sense. So if you are a fan of the manhwa, please buy the original or translated whatever you see in your country and read it again.

Hirunaka no Ryusei clothing collaboration

I had my fair share of screaming at kino just now when i flipped hirunaka no ryuusei vol 9 around and there was this news of clothing collaboration with the Japan label earth music & ecology.

Yamamori sensei designed the clothing and it will go on sale in Japan in May! But i dont know if it will be out of Japan so i'll be keeping a lookout in my local Isetan.

Spring 2014

Here are the list of anime that i am going to catch, but no promises that I will finish it:
- Baby steps
- Blade & Soul
- Black bullet
- Break blade
- Captain Earth
- Fuun Ishin Dai Shogun
- Gokukoku no Brynhildr
- Haikyuu!!
- M3 ~sono kuroki tetsu~
- Mekaku City Actors
- Sidonia no kishi
- magica wars

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PRIORITY LIST:
break blade, captain earth, m3

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Unsure list:
Bokura wa minna kawaisou, seikoku no dragonar, soredemo sekai wa utsubushii

I'm not very fond of ecchi, shoujo, comedy, school, harem, fantasy but I usually make an exception if it's good.

Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji anime green-lit

OMG MY FAV MANGA OF ALL TIME IS FINALLY GREEN-LIT!!! I read abt the news on twitter... someone posted the betsuma scan and i was screaming at home because Kanae Itou as Erika and Takahiro Sakurai as Kyouya *-*

This anime is probably going to be around late Fall early Winter I guess.

Heee :D

Blog: Back and Happy April Fool's!

I apologize for the lack of update.
I forgot my email and password and I only managed to remember it on April Fool's. What a joke. I'll try to back post soon.

March passed by very quickly. The first two weeks I was settling University application to attending an interview (I've yet to receive results) and the next two weeks was slacking at home having J-drama marathon and shopping.

It is also the month where I seriously sat down and thought through about my future. I live in a country where your entire future lies on a piece of paper and one wrong path can change your entire future. Admission was never an issue for me since I've always attended affiliated schools and studied enough to get into something. I've never feared admissions so much before and compared to my final year project in college 6 months back, this was the first time where i was so stressed for weeks and finally settled down with something that I will do better in life.

I hope the uni accepts me.

Happy April Fool's y'all.

Blog: Just a thought

I've been thinking... I really want to start up an online store and instead of selling clothes, I was wondering if I should start up an online fanart store for local otakus here. Instead of just selling through DA or only at events, I was just thinking of a portal for fellow fans to buy their goods.

Just a thought.

Kyou Koi and stargazing

Remember my blog post on how deep I am into manga? Yeah this time i'm gonna talk about another case.

Heard of Kyou koi wo hajimemashite? TSUBAKI-KUN!!!!!!

Okay, I always loved the whole space-galaxy-alien stories and I've never sunk so much into the Astronomy world until I read Kyou koi and I became so interested in it I went for some sidewalk stargazing near my area.

So I was queuing up to observe Jupiter that day as I passed by the library by chance. I managed to see Jupiter with its four moon and also stars around the area. THIS IS SO AWESOME. if you ever see someone stargazing, stop by and ask if you can look through his/her telescope because looking at the star beyond Earth is just so cool and amazing. Just leaves you speechless. I don't care if people say "It's so blur. / It's so small. / Fun???" As long as I think it's amazing then so be it. You cant even see Jupiter with your own naked eyes.

When I told my relatives that the bright star shining in the sky was Jupiter, my cousin joked and said the application that tells you the position of the star is a lie, just a tool to cheat girls. I flipped him immediately and my uncle told me that that is not Jupiter but the brightest north star. When in the army, they were told to follow the brightest north star to guide them out when they are lost in the woods. It may be true but saying that isn't Jupiter... Technology doesn't lie! /hmph.

Just don't let people bother you when they say such stuff. There are always others out there who finds it intriguing!

Me observing stars

Jupiter is located above the flats on the right. This small white dot.

Next stargazing to look forward to will be April5th when Mars is close to Earth!