Daily Archive for November 17th, 2006

Trapped by the Kurogane Doctrine

Jun is the main reason why I am still watching Happiness! Haruhi bores me to tears while the Ilya clone is irritating. Anri and Koyuki are cute but don’t have enough series differentation power. No wonder Happiness! is regarded as one of the two trap shows of this season even though the trap here is only a supporting character; Mizuho in Otoboku, on the other hand, is the lead character and the dramatic irony of his trap status being a major plot point.

I dearly want to have a Jun-centric episode that hopefully explains his backstory. I also deeply appreciate the heroic Jun screencapping by Atashi (who, btw, is a girl). The Kurogane Doctrine is a witty slogan adopted by those of us who are experiencing a crisis of sexual identity due to Jun fanboyism; the doctrine itself, however, is a trap of its own.

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Black Lagoon 19

Rock and Revy are in Japan. Rock is interpretor (通訳 つうやく) for Balalaika’s meeting with a yakuza group. Not entirely sure why Revy has come along too. Not for her skills as a gunman as she’s unarmed and Balalaika has sufficient protection of her own. Rock also has to act as guide and interpretor for her too. But I’m not complaining - never thought I’d see her in a skirt!

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