
Chikane recalls her love-at-first-sight experience with Himeko and is torn between supporting Himeko’s relationship with Souma and wanting her for herself, an opportunity which is spotted by Miyako who watches through reflective surfaces (like Despair of the Endless). The Ame no Murakamo ceremony only manages to break half of six sealing swords before Himeko collapses. Kazuki smells a rat as the strain starts to show on Chikane. Continue reading ‘Kannazuki 06′

Tsubasa, Souma’s long-lost brother, tries to reclaim Souma for the Dark Side which he fell into after killing their own father to defend his little bro. However, Nekkid Glowing Himeko gives him Dah Power to use his Heart Piercing Technique on Tsubasa. And not before giving a little speech about fighting for his loved one which impresses Himeko and creates more angst for Chikane. Continue reading ‘Kannazuki 05′

Souma asks Himeko out on a date with Chikane acquiescing, glassy-eyed and all. Turns out that Himeko had an abusive foster dad and Souma was a comforting childhood friend. Trying to be positive, Chikane evokes one of Himeko’s bad childhood memories when she tries to do up her hair for the Souma date. This, plus Himeko actually going for the date itself, causes her major angst. Otoha tries to cheer her up but Chikane wastes her alcohol when the foremost Orochi minion (who seems to know Souma) shows up with another mech. Continue reading ‘Kannazuki 04′
There’s been plenty of buzz about WordPress 2.0 in the anime blogging community and I’ve just hopped onto this bandwagon as well. Was due for a mySQL database backup anyway. So far so good though I must confess that I’m not a fan of the rich visual editor - having trouble controlling text alignment and my old SOP (basically ctrl-C the html, ctrl-V, modify numbers) for inserting images was quicker. What I do really like is the WYSIWYG post preview, which incorporates your theme - absolutely brilliant!
ShortStat is not compatiable with WP 2.0 but I won’t be missing it as it was becoming kinda clunky - am waiting for Google Analytics to reopen to new signups.
[Edit: SK2 issues - comment count does not update even though comments are accepted. Easily fixed with an additional .php file via The Lair. Thanks to Clopin for raising this issue and the solution in the WP troubleshooting documentation!]