I can hardly understand why I’m here at all. I only achieved this position through birthright. I never tried to attain anything by myself. I simply accepted the positions I was given and did the work I was told to do. So, that’s why I must at least… at least do my job…

Sir Shelby M. Penwood, Hellsing Ultimate OVA 5

There are the select few who can, or must, change the world. And yet, for the many, things are often more prosaic, so that the wheels and cogs may continue to turn for whatever purpose of which most neither know nor care – we do as we are told.

And so I finally managed to let go of my prejudice against loli tsundere characters voiced by Kujimiya Rie. Thank you, Taiga! Thank you, (post Rainy Blue) Touko!
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Or rather, a trio of those ‘I watch too much anime’ moments:

Venice gets its first female gondolier. Ara ara. I’ve always wondered why Athena and co don’t have super muscular physiques from rowing around all day since I ache all over the next day even after an hour or so of canoeing or even an afternoon of punting. Does weaker gravity on Mars explain it?

Shizuoka woman found dead under a pile of books after an earthquake. So it seems that Sheska was in bigger trouble than I thought…

Japan’s GDP growth potential is limited because it has too few holidays, says The Economist. Bu..but Tanya says that that’s the reason why it became an economic superpower!

Bee Train pair of assassins story without yuri? Pass! At least that was my initial reaction to the news of this series. But if Kabitzin can forgive Bee Train, I’m certainly willing to give it a try. Though there’s a small part of me that is waiting for Bee Train – having serenaded us with I Can Change – to, once again, start drinking, slap Kabitzin around, delve into extended flashbacks and play musical box tracks again and again and again.

So far it’s been a fun ride, mostly because I like how the Reiji x Ellen relationship has been developed. Also LOL at Claudia McCunnen’s Zwei Assassin Management methods. I wonder what Catbert would say? I just keep thinking, based on that kiss in the End of Evangelion, that Misato should have tried the McCunnen Method on Shinji from the moment she brought him home. BTW when McCunnen does it, it’s seductive. When Scythe Master does it, it’s called sexual harrassment. I certainly wouldn’t have minded if she had tried it on Ellen too.

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