Monthly Archive for July, 2008

Code Geass R2 Ep 14

Ok, so Charles’ current hairdo isn’t a wig afterall; it’s a perm! AFRO-GUNSO!

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Nanoha StrikerS Egg’s Room 357-360

My ♥ for =_= continues to grow ever since I first discovered this circle’s URL on the roof of the Nanoha Mobile.

357: It’ll Soon Be Tanabata Nano Vivio’s Tanabata wish in the second panel: ‘I want to meet everyone from Riot Force 6.’ She’s also got a second wish, which she has kept secret from Nanoha-mama, on the extreme left of the final panel: ‘For Nanoha-mama’s body to recover.’ Awww. I do ‘Awww’ a lot when reading this circle’s comics. But I also LOLOL a lot too, particularly at the other wishes: ‘To become Nanoha’s bride’ (probably from Subaru) and ‘To stop that! arrow’ (no prizes for guessing who Ahaha~♥) And also ‘For my Figma to be released’ (笑)

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Boarding Blassreiter

Mentar’s recommendation carries a lot of political capital with me too.

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Code Geass R2 Ep 13

Sigh, there goes my hopes for Better Relationships Through Mind Control and the Ashford Wives.

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The otaku gift economy

In the opening page of The Gift: Forms and functions of exchange archaic societies, Marcel Mauss asks: In primitive or archaic types of society, what is the principle whereby the gift received has to be repaid? What force is there in the thing given which compels the recipient to make a return?

One of the advantages of having a good brother and buddy who also shares your anime hobbies and understands your anime tastes is that we can both exchange sweet anime loot as gifts. My most recent bounty from Stripey have been the MariMite R3s (first season and Haru) and Towel from the eyecatch in Hayate no Gotoku’s beach episode.

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