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Some great LOL moments in this second installment of the OVA. Again, lovely Harima-Eri interaction in Tenma’s presence. Eri is normally a very bright and observant person but given her feelings about Harima and Tenma not even appearing on her competition radar (which had already zapped Mikoto and Yakumo), I suppose it’s understandable that she didn’t link Harima’s changes in behaviour to the only variable that was controlling it. Continue reading ‘School Rumble OVA Ep 2′
When I read bakaboobie’s characterisation of Sara’s first meeting with Yakumo as being "yuri-lific", just had to grab the raw. (Which sort of explains the black bars in the screenies.) Previously I was never quite sure whether Sara wanted to go on a date with Akira or Yakumo after the whole wedding dress photo-shoot bustup thing but now it seems that it’s definitely Yakumo. ^_^
While Yakumo is a hot favourite among Sukuran fans, I did not really find her very interesting initially - a bit of pastiche of Azumanga’s reticient, cat-loving Sakaki and Da Capo’s mind-reading (though without text) Kotori. Sure I liked her character design and her devotion to her sister but it got a bit boring. It’s really only after she became fascinated by Harima: being unable to read his thoughts at all and his animal friendship ability and was drawn into the role of his confidant, adviser and helper on his manga that she became a more complex character. The Sara angle makes her even more interesting as it shows how lonely she was. Continue reading ‘School Rumble OVA Ep 1′
I was very disappointed by this episode the first time I saw it. But now knowing that there will be a second season, the lack of closure is less galling. Rewatching it, the multiple iterations of the story less confusing. However, I still didn’t like it all that much mainly because of its focus on the Tenma-Karasuma angle which I found extremely tedious and was really glad when the series moved off it after the initial arc. What I did enjoy a lot was the Harima-Eri interaction in this episode. Continue reading ‘School Rumble 26′
I am just a sucker for punishment - downloading that humongous raw and then sitting through more than half an hour of recycled footage. *shakes fist at SUNRISE* But the lure of more Lunamaria Hawke proved too much even to wait for a downsized raw or sub. Luuunamariaaaaa!!! The screenie seems to imply that Lunamaria will have a hard time competing with Mayu. See Random Curiosity for the “Kira is not gay” screenie and Kurogane loves Lunamaria too. Continue reading ‘GSD Final Plus’
Happy holidays to ye gentle readers! Vaguely Christmas-type post on Avemarian (character profiles in Japanese and OP download via this link), a parody of the classic, over-commercialised Evangelion and a favourite yuri series, Maria-sama ga miteru (MariMite) by M3 Animation Box. At first I thought this was just a very high quality AMV but it appears that they are planning a full-length feature at least! The basic concept is importing the MariMite characters and hierachy into the Evangelion universe as well as fusing some MariMite concepts with Evangelion plot devices. Continue reading ‘Shingakki Avemarian’
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