Return of Sakura Stripey
A lone cloaked figure emerges in a dis-used insignificant corner of the vast anime-sphere, brushing away spiderwebs and parting towering weeds as it approaches a withered sakura tree...
Stripey (in a meek, almost embarrassed voice): Tataima.....
(Elsewhere in animesphere, a handful of scrying Aisia hopefuls can be heard hurling obsenities.)
As if on cue, a shadowy apparition materialises and bars the visitor from his intended goal.
Yepirts: Why do you refuse to my warning!?! Just let this blog die its natural death! Don't rob it of its residual dignity by your sporadic and idle banter! Turn back! Come no more!
Stripey hestitates. He has faced this inner sanctum demon before.
Stripey (mastering his strength): Well if there's anything I learnt from anime, it's NEVER to give up! I'm dead gonna be an Otome keep the blog alive! It's my way of ninja!
Yepirts (in a sneering snort): Alive? You mean resurrect the blog... it's dead...
The apparition extends wispy tendrils and pokes at decaying sakura-petals strewn on the ground.
Stripey: Oh no it's not... death throes maybe but not dead!
Stripey stoops and inspects the comments for pulse. He sees familiar tracks from Crimson, Zyl and Dervish and is grateful for their continual unwavering support in his absence.
Yepirts (unfazed): Didn't you learn anything about resurrection from the Elric bros? Your hopeless blog is turning into a homunculous... look at your recent entries! In fact, just look at this one!
Stripey (hopeful): You mean they exuld an extraordinary off-wordly touch my previous entries didn't have? Gee thanks.. it's the heavenly Kotori chan screenies really....
Yepirts: Fool of a Racoon!!! The entries have NO soul! Aimless scribbles, endless fillers... It's becoming a Naruto! Meaningless!
Stripey looks down and sees the near 300 entries he has so lovingly crafted over the 2 years, once vibrant but now scattered lifelessly in the desolated landscape. He gathers his resolve and assumes the registered male anime lead pose when they are hopelessly confronted with a nemesis they can't defeat....
Stripey: No!.....Hontou ni Taihen desu ga zettai ni mamoru! Zettai ni MAMORU!
Yeprits (amused): And so you have chosen. And so you shall bear the fate of HiMEs anime bloggers. Kakugo suru!
With a piercing howl, the apparition fades away into the recesses of Stripey's being but not before searing his mind with horrifiying images of endless screen-capping and late night entry revisions forcing Stripey to his knees.
Gasping, Stripey steadies himself and steps up to the sakura tree. With his remaining strength, he located the panel on the tree and he keys in his password. A rend in the fabric of space suddenly appears and begins to leak a warm pulsating light bathing both the tree and Stripey in the glorious ray of anime goodness. As the light envelopes the sakura tree, tender shoots begin to bud on its once lifeless branches and in one rapturous moment, Stripey glimpses again the wonderful beauty of anime, the fellowship of anime blogs and the universal brotherhood of anime lovers.
Yes, he will not stop blogging. He cannot.
*based on a conversation between Stripey and Stripey as mirrored by Sia/Kikyou's in SHUFFLE ep 17*
PS: Thoughts on SHUFFLE and DCSS to come soon 
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November 25th, 2005 - 02:10
*lol*
What a way to return into the realm of the living
… welcome back Stripey, you have been missed!
November 25th, 2005 - 02:21
Stripey?????(???)??? ??
Nice to have you back. Looking forward to your SHUFFLE! entries
November 25th, 2005 - 05:40
I understand how work (from there and maybe in wow) and having a partner with the complementary wing can expend one’s time (and energy…and $$$ and…)
November 25th, 2005 - 05:43
and i agree on the part where naruto is already harmlessly dumb. Now, the show seems to make it a point to tell us his innocent-dumb-ness extends into the region of retarded-ness.
Actually, i pity naruto – the victim of his producers (or whoever that made the filler scripts)!
November 25th, 2005 - 16:56
Stripey, really have to thank you for recommending SHUFFLE! to me. Absolutely fabulous series. Just saw Ep 19 and it’s just… wow.
November 25th, 2005 - 19:30
Stripey!!! Welcome back! I sure do hope we’ll see more of you around these days. I’ve missed ya.
November 25th, 2005 - 20:45
Mentar/Matthew/Ren: Thanks! You guys are part of that anime fellowship that makes it feel so good to return
Got lots of backlog though, not only blogging but catching up on the anime scene via your blogs. But hey I’m looking forward to it 
Crimson: hahah yeah! Btw other half is now officially fiancee
The rock burnt my pants off 
Quitting games though, by request of my Lordess of the Ring 
Zyl: haha no prob bro.
I didn’t expect it to turn out so well either. 
Am up to ep 18 myself. They upping the ante with Kaede’s arc huh? 
November 27th, 2005 - 01:57
LOL Stripey! *wipes tears* It seems you don’t even need anime anymore to create your awfully amusing posts you can just write
random cra…anything and it comes out FUNHow long do you plan to stay alive? Should I help you in some way?.. (drawing of you beneath withered sakura tree seems like a good Idea…)
November 28th, 2005 - 00:27
lol thanks Brother Dervish…
Well I hope to keep it going for as long as I watch anime which I know it my life-long love 
Until the pressures of the world stifles my anime viewing habits, I will try to sustain blogging best as I can 
And wow! would love to have a sketch! But subjected to your inspiration and availability
)
November 28th, 2005 - 01:05
anime >> games 90% of the time.
December 21st, 2005 - 16:43
I hope you all know that well naruto is up in the episodes of like 164 (at least for torrents). So dont really judge the way the producers portray him until you have seen the entire series (so far).