Waka Mom and Little Miss Wakana

Despite the title of this post being a bit silly, this episode (Tari Tari 5) was mostly a very serious episode. Although it did start out with some silly antics of the Choir + Badminton club combo. Singing during a badminton tournement that is.

The serious parts revolve all around Wakana and her mom. Boy, was Wakana really grumpy when she was younger. She looked cute as a button when she was little though.

This episode was quite nice full of backstory and even Wakana's mom singing was great. It was also quite sad, but that is still good. It was especially good since I haven't watched an episode of Tari Tari for a while.

It looks like the next episode continues with the Wakana Mom drama. I wonder how the Choir club will help out. Maybe a little music perhaps?


Also, I am way behind in this series, but I hope I can catch up before my classes get too crazy.

Makoto Makoto Makoto Makoto Makoto Makoto Makoto Makoto-chan Nariyo~

Nico

"on and on" I can't believe I missed this during her birthday. Anyways, here's some endlessly looping Makoto Makoto Makoto Makoto Makoto Makoto Makoto Makoto-chan Nariyo~

約束(Yakusoku) -STAGE451.2-

Nico

Quite touching... and oh so sad. Poor girl.

First Day of Fall 2012; Idolm@ster 26

Woo, it's back to school time.

And it was actually not too bad since the "hard" course seemed like a lot of fun. The lecture after that one though... not so great.

Then I read the project outline. Walls of text indeed. But at least it looks pretty.


Also, finally got a chance to watch Idolm@ster 26 subbed. It was a lot of fun, but of course it was much better when I watched it the first time. The Karaoke scenes were funny and hearing Mecha-Gohan again is great. Ritsuko having the hiccups was really cute. Namassuka Sunday! is fun as well with the usual Hibiki challenge plus the strange AmiMami "comedy" duo routine. And of course the Yakuzam@ster segment is always impressive. As well as the other "Tonari ni..." movie with Azusa, being a pretty obvious reference to a certain MAD series on niconico. The segment with Iori and Yayoi was too short for my taste, but it was of course very cute. The Jupiter segment after the Tonari ni movie was great too, as we got to see more interactions between the two groups. All in all it made me feel great even if it was a bit bittersweet especially with the ALLST@RS version of "my song" being the ED. I will continue to miss the series, but here's hoping the three OVAs coming up will quench the Idolm@ster anime thirst.


And another small (but big) note... I had a chance to watch the first episode Manabi Straight. In glorious 4:3 HD. From an unnamed source that I will not disclose. It was even better than I remembered it in some aspects like the songs being used and the video quality of course. I hope to rewatch the whole series in glorious HD soon.

Summer Break 2012 Ends

It went faster than I expected. Time for school. The suffering and glory begins again.

The Idolm@ster 2: Festum Domini

Nico

Now this is how to market the game in America.

Beating Blue Baphomet

Where's his scythe?

Just finished Sword Art Online 9. Wow Blue Baphomet "The Gleam Eyes" is kind of a crazy boss huh? But the way Kirito fought it was even crazier. This episode was great, the fighting, the random bits of Asuna and Kirito, and of course the cliffhanger. It's also nice to see Klein and Liz again!

And this time I'm up to date very early. That probably isn't going to be the case in the next following months though...