I was all MOOGAINAXCA$HCOWLOLZ at first but my curiosity was piqued, nay aroused, by Kurogane’s view, so I took an itsy bitsy teeny peekaboo and fap
Monthly Archive for April, 2008
This has got to my favourite ‘Character reveals his harem fantasy’ moment since SHUFFLE!’s Itsuki Midoriba’s declaration. At least the Shinrabanshou doesn’t have the activiation requirements of the Kuihuabaodian (葵花宝典 i.e. you have become a eunuch)!
The Harem of Justice strikes again! And I’m sure I wasn’t the only person to go ‘For the Chivalry of the Mermaids of Seto!’ when the sakura petals swirled past. LOL
Episode 21. Reaction of Fortune: Catgirls’ Eriya and Naria’s fortune runs out as equal and opposite reactions take place. The younger sister Eriya escapes back to the flying fortress Vione. The latter crash lands but still manages to nab Hitomi who then refuses to escape. Her belief in Naria’ innate goodness is reciprocated when she is released. Van goes on a rampage but Eriya stops him from killing Folken; her words also cause Escaflowne to react with Vione’s core, destroying the flying fortress. As the catgirls die in his arms, Donkirk gloats about the success of the experiment. This finally convinces Folken that Zaibach’s methods are wrong and he escapes in the flying guymelef.
This was all very SUNRISE - the catgirls may have been portrayed as the bad gals but their back story makes them more sympathetic and are still shown to truly care for Folken. And finally it is those bonds of affection and the terrible cost that shatters Folken’s loyalty to Donkirk. It’s also the first instance of Hitomi taking her grandma’s advice - trusting in her feelings and getting a good result.
Continue reading ‘Vision of Escaflowne DVD 7: Light and Shadow’
I never really understood why Author disabled comments on Ani・Nouto, mainly because I am a comment whore; on the whole, I’ve enjoyed the witticisms, benefited from pointers, been introduced to new artists/pr0n as well as being reassured that the posts are not disappearing into a black hole. Thus his post on Os helped me to understand that he is a Man on a Mission.
Events like the ABA aim to build community. While ’spectaculars’ can grab attention and focus minds, the thickness and stickiness of community (like a good gravy) comes from the more mundane practices of everyday animu blogging - such as outgoing links to other posts, something which I try to do in most of my posts.
This is probably due to reading too much academic stuffz in general and Michel de Certeau in particular. But the standard four questions of academic research can sometimes be useful for animu blogging too:
- What’s the point you’re making? [Research question]
- Why should others care? [Relevance]
- How are you going to make your case? [Methodology]
- Who else has written on this already? [Literature Review]
This applies to both good episodic and editorial posts. Outgoing links are kind of like citations / references. They show that you are aware of other points of view. And they are also a useful tool against tl;dr - a shorthand to point readers to information, ideas, arguments that you need not reinvent the wheel rehashing yet again. Some posts, like some seminal academic books or articles, gain classic status by getting cited/linked repeatedly e.g. on AWESOMENESS, the monomyth or Insane Rants Full of Hatred.
Having said that, comments are kind of like peer review or refereeing. Their sheer convenience was also one reason why I was told about Gundam SEED Chara Theatre while Evirus was not. ;)