Category Archives: kannagi

Chara Design as a necessarius condition

Posted on 2008/12/04 by Zyl

image from gofu.net-comic Like totali, the latest episode of Kannagi has gotten me rooting [Kabitzin Geass canceller ACTIVATE!] cheering for Tsugumi too. But, in our previous discussions, Stripey won’t even place Tsugumi in the running. The reason? He didn’t like … Continue reading →

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Big Mo’/slow mo

Posted on 2008/11/15 by Zyl

In US politics, having the Big Mo’ (momentum) has sweep candidates to power. But the British have a saying: ‘A week is a long time in politics.’ Likewise, for anime series, momentum can diminish, even disappear, over the span of … Continue reading →

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Charmed by two-faced beauties

Posted on 2008/11/02 by Zyl

Hypocrisy is often regarded as an Absolutely Bad Thing. I don’t think it’s necessarily so. Scholars, like Nils Brunsson, have even argued that it is not only an inescapable part of complex social forms of life but also an essential … Continue reading →

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Yuri satisfising this Fall season

Posted on 2008/10/20 by Zyl

I’ve heard that there have been possible sightings of yuri in Mouryou no Hako – looking forward to it if there is. Thus far the third episode of Kannagi (thanks for the heads up, totali!) had some faux yuri fan … Continue reading →

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Tiger versus Wood

Posted on 2008/10/15 by Zyl

I was motivated to pick up ToraDora! after reading about totali’s happiness with the first episode but Kabitzin’s warning about ‘Taiga and her horrible inu comments in the Kugimiya Rie tsundere voice’ stopped me in my tracks. It didn’t help … Continue reading →

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