- Created By GDChans
I guess This is What They Mean When They Say "Abuse the Re-Play Button"
Heya lovies,
So I know I'm a little behind in my SIHK updates-it's two weeks till summer vaca for me. You know what that means: it's crunch time. Meaning, virtual life is essentially non-existent. I did manage to see last week's episode, but haven't had the time for this week's, so seeing how they're both continuations of them, I'll do one giant review when I'm not swimming in finals x,x. Let's just say that I felt last week's was very...rushed. I wasn't super pleased with it, but I shall go into more detail come later. As for now, the main subject of this post is that 2 or 3 days ago the full opening and ending theme for SIHK came out and I thought I'd share the link with y'all. Personally, I love the ending theme. The opening is awesome as hell too, but there's something about the ending theme that I just adore. Told you they'd grow on me, ne? Anywhose, here are the links, hope you all enjoy, have a lovely weekend, etc, etc~
Cheers!
~GD
The Opening:
The Ending:
For an Editor, Missing a Deadline isn't Suicidal. It's Living Life on the Edge
Hello all you beauties out there~
What a crazy week it's been for me...with spring break ending, the shitload that somewhat simmered down is now back up at full capacity giving me a few more sleepless nights. Bonzai~ -_-; I do hope y'all are having a much less stressed-filled end of the semester than me.
This week's episode of SIHK opens with a small recap from where last week's ended-beginning with the make out session. As Onodera is about to leave, he runs into Yokozaway who tells him that if Takano-san (or Mamasume, as he calls him by first name) has rebuked him, to stop crying like a baby and start doing non half-assed work. Later, the mangaka that Onodera's in charge of is delayed due to everyone dropping dead on her-seems a nasty flu has been going around, thus delaying the manuscript. So out dashing Onodera heads out of Hokkaido, determined to bring back the manuscript so that way the mangaka won't be dropped from this month's magazine. He succeeds, though a bit late, and apologizes to Yokozawa and Takano-san for acting on impulse and that all this commotion was his fault. While freshening up in the bathroom, Yokozawa appears and tells Onodera that he has some balls for coming to Marakuwa. Onodera is confuzzled by Yokozawa who only confuses him further by saying that it's Onodera's fault that Masamune is all messed up right now. Onodera ponders Yokozawa's words while he and Takano-san take the train home. Onodera eventually falls asleep on Takano-san (squeeeee~~~) and wakes up lying next to Takano-san in bed. His reaction? Priceless.
Well, overall I was pleased with this episode. My favorite part, hands down, was when Onodera was on the phone with the mangaka (what was her name...) and everyone is freaking out around him: Kisa screaming, Takano-san yelling, and that guy whose name I can't remember just falls down into his seat (though I don't think he actually sat down...more like he fell to the floor O_O). And then there's Smiling-24/7-san who looks frazzled. Frazzled, yet still smiling. Love~
Judging from the preview for next week, it appears we're finally gonna have a second pairing! Though...it didn't look like a Yukina x Kisa one O_o. Unless I just missed it, I didn't see Yukina, so I wonder who it is? I know there's a pairing not mentioned in the manga, but that's in the novels and drama CD...wonder if it's that one? I think there were some rumors about them appearing in the anime, so maybe? I hope so especially because I haven't read the novels or heard the drama CD, so I really don't know their story ^^
Well, that's all for now folk~ Hope y'all have a lovely weekend ^.^
~GD
Insert Stupid Grin Here, Please
*blinks* O-kaayyy....what's up with the new background at TheO? O_o totally wasn't expecting that. Oh well, that aside you know what I despise greatly? End of semester crap-pile. Interrupts me from things I love. Like Sekaiichi Hatsukoi. Yeah, it's near the end of the semester pour moi so I've been spending the last few nights bullcrapping my way through term papers x.x. But, fortunately, I think I got most of them done...now it's just finals to worry about...T_T
Despite the horror that is the end of the semester, I pulled a couple of all nighters and managed to get enough done so that I could allow myself a half hour for episode 3 of Sekaiichi Hatuskoi. It begins with Takano-san and an unknown figure duking it out over the fact that the magazine has sold out in one day and they need to reprint, causing Mysterious-Person-san to blame Takano-san for not requesting more copies. Takano-san then retorts by saying that he did request for more copies, but the head honchos refused. Turns out this new guy is Yokozawa, from the Sales Department. He ends up being a key figure in the whole Takano-Onodera relationship, but I shall not talk about for those who don't want to be spoiled.
As for my views on this episode, overall I was pleased. However, I was a bit iffy in terms of Yokozawa. First off, I always pictured him to have jet black hair...not to be a blue-head. For me, his hair color was too light-the shade of blue wasn't dark enough, in my opinion. Second is his voice...I dunno why, but when I first heard it, my head titled and I was like "eh?" I guess if it was a little deeper? I dunno...I'm sure it'll grown onto me, but for the time being I'm a little iffy with it.
However, beyond that, I found the episode to be enjoyable. It stuck faithfully to the manga, and it ended on a cliffhanger, which I found to be interesting (the chapter this is based off of goes beyond the whole Onodera opening door and seeing Yokuzawa scene). As for the chu scene, I found the music accompaniment to cause me to grin like an idiot--it just fit very nicely. The overall scene felt slightly rushed, but that could just be because of time restraints.
I wonder when we'll have an episode focusing on the second pairing of this series-the Kisa x Yukina pairing? Because with Junjou Romantica, episode 3 introduced the second pairing...so it seems like by now we should have an episode for them (plus, they are bloody adorable-my only complaint is that Yukina isn't a brunette instead of a blond). But judging from the preview, looks like next week's episode is gonna be another Takano x Onodera related one--picking up from where episode 3 ended.
On a different note, my spring break ends tomorrow and I feel like I need a vacation. Oh, the irony that is my life -_-. Luckily, after this there's only about 2 weeks of classes left and after that is finals...T_T
I should seriously consider becoming a bum. I hear they make on average 40 grand (non-tax deductible)a year. Not bad for sitting on your butt all day and looking le tragique, ne?
Anywhose, enough of me ranting. Hope y'all had a lovely Easter, even if you don't celebrate it--hey, chocolate is non-discriminatory! For all my fellow stressed out college peeps, hang in there! We will (somehow) get through this. As for whether we loose whatever sanity we have left, however, is an entirely different matter ^,^
Cheers,
~GD
Squeals Galore
Ello lovies~
So here I am again, with another review for SIHK. In this episode there was more fan service than the previous one, with the episode pretty much starting out with a make out scene (courtesy of Onodera being traumatized by episode 1's chu and thus having nightmares of Takano-san kissing him. Thank you, paranoia. The fangirls are in debt to you.)
Overall, the episode was rather adorable, this one taking on the chapter in the manga where Takano and Onodera head over to help a mangaka who's running behind, as well as the episode where Takano-san tells Onodera that he's the guy Onodera dated back in high school (his last name changed due to his parents divorcing). Throughout the episode there are a lot of squeals from the fangirls and "EHHHH?!s" on behalf of Onodera (I found his reaction to everything to be quite priceless.)Although there were a few changes that they made in the anime which I kinda didn't like.
For example, when the two come back from the mangaka, the scene opens with the two of them on the couch looking like zombies. I felt that the humor from the whole "why is the sun shining x,x?" moment was lost in the anime. Also, the part about Tanako-san and Onodera being neighbors was changed in the anime. In the anime, Onodera has just moved in and is, coincidentally, Takano-san's neighbor. In the manga, he had already been living there and they had never seen one another simply because of their different schedules. I'm not sure which version I prefer. I kinda liked how in the manga it begins with Takano-san saying "that was fast. Did you come to confess?" and Onodera being like "what are you talking about...I live here." with both of them are standing in front of their respective doors. I just found that to be a great scene...not so sure about the anime >.>;;
On a completely different note, I once came across this video and I simply had to share it with you. Yeah. It's one of them 'effing epic vids' Enjoy!
~GD
Insert Maniac Fan Girl Squeal Here
*creeps back in* Holy crap....has it really been an entire year since I've updated this thing? O_O Wow. That's kinda epic in a really sad kind of way.
Anywhose, a thousand gomen nes for vanishing on all of you-I blame college. It sucks. I know I've been posting summaries for Trace and Hana to Akuma, but those two have ended and frankly so much crap happens in both that if you really wanted to know what happens, I'm gonna tell you to read them. They're good reads and frankly, with all the crap that happens, reading them might make more sense to you than be summarizing them.
But onto the more important topic-mainly the subject of this post. As the title says, I'm in fan-girl mode right now. Why? Because Sekaiichi Hatsukoi episode 1 is finally out. And I must say, I was grinning stupidly the whole way through.
For those of you who don't know, I'm a GIANT Nakaumura Shungiku fan. Ever since I first stumbled across Junjou Romantica, I have been an avid fan of hers (now that I think about it, I think JR was the first boy x boy I ever came across...kinda opened Pandora's Box for me >.>;;). So for me, something like this is enough to make me giddy all over. So, without further ado, here's my review:
Summary in a Nutshell: Onodera Ritsu is a 25 year old man who has left his father's company due to his co workers complaints that the only reason why he is so successful is because of his connections. However, at Murakawa Publishing (the same as in JR ^_^), instead of being assigned to the literature department like he requested, Onodera finds himself assigned to Emerald (spin off of Ruby): the all male shoujou manga editorial department. To make matters worse for our poor hero, on his first day the editor-in-chief "sexually harasses" him by using Onodera as a model for a kiss scene (frankly, if it were me I wouldn't object but...). Thus begins the case of Onodera Ritsu and his life working as a shoujou manga editor.
(NOTE: yes, I have skimmed over some parts-don't want to spoil everything, now do I?)
Seiyu-wise: Seiyu speaking, I was very happy with the cast. My personal favorite I think was Takano-san. He sounds just like I imagined he would, so I was pleased with that. Onodera's was perfect too as was Kisa's and the other lovely gents at Emerald.
Animation: For me, there are two things I am a stickler for in regards to a manga becoming an anime: how good the voice acting is and how well done the animation is, the latter being more important to me. If the animation sucks, I usually don't fly for it. However, considering that I absolutely adored Junjou Romantica, I was 99.9% positive that I would not be disappointed with the animation quality. And I was right. Animation-wise, so far this is a beautiful adaptation of a beautifully drawn manga (main reason why I love Nakamura-sensei is because of her art style). The animation really does justice to her work, and the background music is oh so lovely.
Faithfulness to the Manga: If I had a list of things that peeve me to kingdom come, animes not being faithful to the manga they are based on (or vice versa-yes Escaflowne, I am looking at YOU) would be pretty high up on the list. But, fortunately, so far faithfulness seems to be the way this is going-again, pretty much like JR, which was also pretty faithful.
Favorite Moments: as for top favorite scenes, there's quite a few:
- When Kisa faints from his chair: just made me snort very loudly.
- When Takano-san flings the ruler at Onodera's head: that just made me burst out laughing and had be re winding to that scene like 10 times
- The Kiss: you had to know it was up there. The kiss Takano-san gives Onodera as a 'model' for a mangaka who can't seem to get the angle right. Needless to say that was a "kyaaa~~" moment for me. While I knew it was happening, it's a completely different thing to see a scene like that as an image, an another to see it animated. Fan girl explosion here.
- When Takano-san realizes who Onodera is: I just loved the way they animated his eyes widening. Reminded me of JR and Usagi-san's reaction when Misaki confessed to him. Supah Kawaii ♥
Opening/Ending Themes: While they weren't instantly addicting as Pigstar's Kimi=Hana/ Shoudou, I'm sure the opening and ending themes for SIHK will become favorites of mine as well. The sequences themselves are lovely, with the opening being super perky and the ending theme having a slightly more serious tone to it, which I found balanced out nicely.
Overall, I am very pleased with where this anime is going. Here's hoping it'll be just as good as JR
Till next time~
-GD
The Chu that all us fangirls waited for
The Opening
The Ending
