Kurogane’s Anime Blog

A pretty long summary of the episode, for those who want to know the full story. Sorry, no screencaps, since I only watched it from NicoVideo, but there’s already enough circulating around anyways :).

P.S. Now, with 20x more screencaps, for more awsum effects.

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Today’s results:

Group E

有効コードがある票の順位
1位　573票　厳島貴子＠乙女はお姉さまに恋してる [ Itsukushima Takako @ Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru ]
2位　448票　ギンガ・ナカジマ＠魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS [ Ginga Nakajima @ Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS ]
3位　269票　藤堂志摩子＠マリア様がみてる OVA [ Toudou Shimako @ Maria-sama ga Miteru OVA ]

Group F

有効コードがある票の順位
1位　888票　翠星石＠ローゼンメイデン オーベルテューレ [ Suiseiseki @ Rozen Maiden Ouverture ]
2位　462票　神楽坂明日菜＠ネギま！？ [ Kagurazaka Asuna @ Negima!? ]
3位　122票　九頭竜もも子＠すもももももも ～地上最強のヨメ～ [ Kuzuryuu Momoko @ Sumomo mo momo mo ]

Desu manages to pass, though with a reduced vote count from earlier rounds. I’m surprised Takako passed. Must be for her Tsunderella role, lol.

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By now, I’m pretty sure those who lurk at certain popular imageboards already know, but Makoto dies in School Days 12. I haven’t watched the episode yet to confirm, but it’s a pretty solid source, so my happiness is now at a very high peak.

Damn, can’t wait for the fricking raws.

Oh god, it’s finally out. I swear, the producers of Inukami are f*cking geniuses. Seriously, no normal people can think of this kind of stuff. It’s so homoerotic, yet so comedy gold at the same time.

So basically, the movie is more of an OVA to say than really a movie, because it’s just 26 minutes long. The story is about Karina, who’s suddenly found dead, and the mysterious appearance of a group called Project K, hell-bent on capturing and cleansing the city of all its perverts. Keita, being the Ra-Oh (Naked King) steps up to stop the nonsense, and finds out that the Project K guys are basically clones of Karina created by a madougu (evil magic tool) filled with his hatred of being called a pervert. So after some really LULZ gattai scene and nekkid Keita riding around on a giant stone frog, they manage to defeat it and save poor Karina before he’s cremated (since his real body was in a frozen status and all).

Some of my favourite shots from the movie after the jump, probably a very good idea to not put them on the front page in case of permanent scarring of some of my more innocent readers.

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My finals are next Monday and all I’ve done this week is to rewatch Elfen Lied and finish watching Asatte no Houkou. Wonder what anime should I marathon watch next? RahXephon? Another run of Evangelion? Or maybe something more contemporary like sola or resuming my rewatch of Hitohira? Not to mention Fall Season coming up soon as well. Quite a number of shows I’m interested in to watch, particularly any ones with Kawasumi Ayako or Noto Mamiko in them.

Sigh… I’m such a failure at life ._.

Today’s results:

Group E

有効コードがある票の順位
1位　818票　真紅＠ローゼンメイデン オーベルテューレ [ Shinku @ Rozen Maiden Ouverture ]
2位　539票　宮崎のどか＠ネギま！？ [ Miyazaki Nodoka @ Negima!? ]
3位　201票　十条紫苑＠乙女はお姉さまに恋してる [ Juujou Shion @ Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru ]

Group F

有効コードがある票の順位
1位　661票　アルルゥ＠うたわれるもの [ Aruruu @ Utawarerumono ]
2位　438票　レイン＠ふしぎ星の☆ふたご姫Gyu！ [ Rein @ Fushigi Boshi no Futago Hime Gyu! ]
3位　243票　島津由乃＠マリア様がみてる OVA [ Shimazu Yoshino @ Maria-sama ga Miteru OVA ]

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Signum deserves more airtime

So it finally ends. I’ll admit the last episode wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, probably mostly because we got some real kickass Signum action. Her Unison with Agito is so much more better than Unison’ing with Rein. Gotta love those flame wings, truly fits Signum way more than turning a bit white and all.

Ending with a mock battle was also truly lulz, and seeing Fate all flustered was just so cute of her. (That’s why I still hold Nanoha is seme and Fate is uke XD). Good to see they kept the epilogue the same way as they did with A’s, but I can’t read the actual text for shit, so wait for subs.

Well, in summary, Hayate and her Wolkenritter + Agito are back at the TSAB main base; Fate, Shirley and Tia are in Fate’s original position, the Navy; Lutecia is living happily with her mother, and she’s good friends with Elio and Kyaro, who are working in a border world with animals and all; Vivio is leading a normal life, but lol at Nanoha, Ferret-kun and Arf going stalker on her; Subaru is part of a Special Rescue Squad and finally Nanoha is back as the instructor for the Air Force.

In short, life goes on.

Overall, StrikerS has been a real disappointment for me, but not as much as for me to actually deny it’s existence. Obviously, the production team bit off more than they could chew, and probably lost sight of a few important things in visions of grandeur, but there were still parts that I liked throughout the series.

I truly wished that the team had kept the story a bit more compact and tight, as I can say there’s many loose ends here and there. The biggest mistake that I would say would be the introduction of too many new characters to an already decently sized cast, but sadly most of the characters were just badly developed, given not enough attention or just plain wasted. There were a few good ones, like Vice, whom I surprisingly took a liking towards, and also Zest and Agito, but the rest were just meh.

The action of the series, on the overall, was also a disappointment after Nanoha A’s, which truly set a real standard for action, but there are still a few memorable moments in the show, such as Nanoha going White Devil mode in episode 08 (too bad they fixed the eyes in the DVD), the rare moments of Signum in action, Fate going dual-Zanbers and Nanoha oh-so-satisfyingly Divine Buster-ing Quattro and Starlight Breaker x 5 on Vivio. I’ll be honest and admit that it’s moments like those that made me a fan of the series.

Well, hopefully, this will be the end of the Nanoha franchise for now. I won’t deny I wish for a better series to end the franchise, but like a shounen series that’s gone too popular for it’s own good, it’s better off hoping for no more additions that would further sully the reputation of the series.

Yes! Despite some of the other stations cancelling the show, apparently Sun TV aired it, albeit with one minor edit to the OP sequence, which was the removal of a shot of Rena’s blood-stained cleaver. Not that noticeable anyways, unless you did a side by side comparison. No screencaps due to the fact I watched it on a less clearer source. Anyways, tons of spoilers in this episode.

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My thoughts on ZnT:FnK’s last episode:

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Today’s results:

Group C

有効コードがある票の順位
1位　778票　ヴィータ＠魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS [ Vita @ Mahou Syoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS ]
2位　760票　四方茉莉＠sola [ Shihou Matsuri @ sola ]
3位　193票　アイ＠ARIA The NATURAL [ Ai @ ARIA The NATURAL ]

Group D

有効コードがある票の順位
1位　1155票　柊かがみ＠らき☆すた [ Hiiragi Kagami @ Lucky Star ]
2位　363票　ヒロ＠ひだまりスケッチ [ Hiro @ Hidamari Sketch ]
3位　324票　麻井麦＠ひとひら [ Asai Mugi @Hitohira ]

Poor Matsuri T_T. Lost by 18 votes… 18 VOTES!!! Since the opponent’s Vita… I graciously accept the defeat T_T.

Still, Kagamin got through her round, with a really comfortable lead. KAGAMIN FOR SAIMOE 2007!!!

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