Category Archives: fate/stay night

rin x saber FTW!

Rin/Saber Forever

Posted on 2009/02/11 by Zyl

Got this beautiful piece of concept art from danbooru. First saw it on aurabolt‘s banner. While the game story purist in me was somewhat disappointed in the anime adaptation of Fate/Stay Night, the yuri fanboy in me was in COMPLETE … Continue reading →

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ComiKet 72 Day One

Posted on 2007/08/18 by Zyl

Within two hours, I was literally left with just enough coins to get a train to the nearest Citibank ATM. orz TBC [Edit: Updated at last!]

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Zaku raid on Akiba

Posted on 2007/08/14 by Zyl

…was what I would have liked to say about yesterday’s expedition to the Holy Land. Instead it was more appropriate to describe it as Akiba raids Zaku wallet. I would orz but I also saw this marvellous sign in a … Continue reading →

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Fate/Stay Night 24

Posted on 2006/06/17 by Zyl

A great ending with plenty of emotional impact, nice animation and music. But overall, I have similar complaints as Tsukihime – by concentrating on one scenario from the game, it failed to exploit the full richness of the franchise. The … Continue reading →

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Fate/Stay Night 23

Posted on 2006/06/11 by Zyl

OMG! They killed Rin! You bastards!

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The Unbearable Lightness of Non-Being: Sakura Matou

Posted on 2006/06/10 by Zyl

“Oi! You, the ordinary, barely existing one!” (Rebecca Miyamoto to Kurumi Momose, PPD!02) Discuss the extent to which this statement applies to Sakura Matou of Fate/Stay Night. Just kidding! Still waiting for the torrent to complete for FSN23…

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Girls of the Ahoge

Posted on 2006/06/05 by Zyl

A couple of empirical questions: When did hair antennae become part of anime character design? Was Pani Poni Dash! the first anime to actually use the term "ahoge"? In the context of PPD, the term was used as a nickname … Continue reading →

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