Well, I'm NOT GOING TO WRITE IT AGAIN.
Guess it was meant to be that you weren't to discover deeper parts of myself and my thoughts huh? Too bad. ;)
I do feel angered that I wasted all that effort though. >:(
Is finding out that after spending more than an hour writing about what I wanted to be and reasons for why they would be unsuitable/impractical---- the system just happens to delete it all.
Well, I'm NOT GOING TO WRITE IT AGAIN. Guess it was meant to be that you weren't to discover deeper parts of myself and my thoughts huh? Too bad. ;) I do feel angered that I wasted all that effort though. >:(
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Although I haven't really elaborated on how excited and happy I've been in hearing about this anime, let me just say something: I've been following this anime since the first episode was aired and fansubbed, and have been waiting 'patiently' every week for another episode. This has happened up until the current episode- Episode 11.
I've never been so dedicated in following an anime before xD When I had initially heard about this, I thought that it was going to cover my favourite arc- Nanami goes Time Travelling. The arc name sounds ridiculous- I know because I just made it up. I don't quite remember what they titled the arc, but I didn't want to think up a title that'd accidentally be too revealing. Anyways- I haven't been disappointed with what the producers have done. In fact, I'm really impressed and grateful that they followed the manga so precisely as they did. It's great. There isn't an episode where I haven't been fan-girling loudly over in my dorm room. HOWEVER!!! As I came to end of Episode 11- I didn't just skip the ending song and preview. I watched them, and this is what led to the development of this blog post. Last sentence of the preview: "Next episode will be our final episode, so look forward to it!" What? Last episode is Episode 12? Hahahahahaha, that's really funny!!!! NO. NO. NO. I OBJECT. The producers can't end things at just the New Year's episode!!! NO--- they haven't even covered my favourite arc that caused me to be so dedicated to this series in the first place!!! The first season lasted more than 12 episodes, so I don't see why this season can't last for an equally long length. Furthermore, I'm not the only person who likes that arc specifically; it's considered to be one of THE most popular arcs of the series!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING PRODUCERS?!?!?!! (T^T) Like I mean, sure, all the previous arcs that you've shown in the second season were great- I liked them, particularly the Kurama arc. However, that does not mean that I won't mind that you JUST SO HAPPEN TO STOP RIGHT BEFORE MY FAVOURITE ARC. So I've recently started watching Akatsuki no Yona, and....OMG HAK's ACTIONS!!!!!!!!!!! I went through so many emotions just for this one scene.. At one point, I think I was probably hyperventilating from Hak's extreme release of pheromones through the screen haha.
It's such a cute scene! Well, up until a point at least, before it diverts back into being a typical reverse harem/dating simulation 'kiss' scene. Once upon a time, there was a shiny robot. For a short time, the shiny robot spent its days laughing away in the sunshine, dancing in the rain, frolicking around and enjoying all forms of happiness.
However, one day, the robot realised that playing in the rain had caused the robot's internal and external parts to rust. In order to prevent his exterior from completely rusting away, the robot went on a journey in search of new parts. Thankfully, the robot's journey had led him to a robot who was supposedly able to fix it! However, all the robot could do was re-paint him, as spare parts were never made, and could never be made for any robot in robot-land. Whilst his internal parts were still rusting, the robot was glad that he managed to find another robot who could at least re-paint him, returning him to his shiny state. Finally, he could do all the things he had did before! Unfortunately, that was not to be. Since the paint would not last forever, he would have to spend everyday carefully; no more laughing in the sunshine, frolicking around or dancing in the rain. For as long as his internal parts were rusted, any rigorous activity might just hasten the rust threatening to dominate every last internal and external part. The robot now has a choice to make: despite everything, should the robot continue to laugh in the sunshine, frolic around and dance in the rain? Perhaps the robot would find it better to seek happiness in the life that it now leads, rather than the life it had led. To be fair, I'm not quite sure what I wanted to write here. There are so many things running through my head, but none of them feel like the topic that I'd rather type right now, right here.
I guess I felt somewhat of a need to try to alleviate the somewhat gloomier outlook I've been bogging my entire blog down with recently. I had originally thought about doing some manga re-edit again, though with all the work that I've been swamped under, it didn't seem like a possibility. I have, during this past week, spent a good part of my days munching. Whilst some have legitimate reasons for munching (the idea of comfort food), I can't seem to fathom exactly why I've spent so much time eating sweets as I have. The evidence is certainty very evident now *cries*, and admittedly, the huge workload does prevent me from loosing absolutely all self-control. Then again, I am writing this nonsensical blog post (would it even be considered writing? More like random ramblings to me haha). Despite have spent already an entire long holiday doing nothing but engaging in all sorts of non-academic activities, I still can't help but procrastinate. Gosh, I might really have to change my blog's title to "The Not So Personal Blog of a Procrastinator" soon. It's been almost a full week that I've spent living by myself, and getting used to the new school that I've started.
Hmm. If you asked me how I felt about it, I'd probably say that I'm simple very overwhelmed with the entire ordeal. I only spent two days going to school, and I'm not even attending all my classes (since some start in week 2 or 3), but it already feels like I have so many things to do. So many textbooks to buy, so many people waiting in line to get into the store to buy textbooks, so much time waiting, so much time walking. So much work. So many notes. So, so, so many words flinging back and forth. Yet, at the same time, I feel some sense of calm-- or is it more a slight twinge of annoyance at my otherwise complacent life? Nothing typically 'exciting' seems to happen, but perhaps that may have been that I expected too much from myself or others. I wake up, make and eat breakfast, get ready, attend class, go home to make lunch, go to class, go home, take out the trash, shower, make and eat dinner, write up some prep notes, sleep. And the cycle repeats. In some cases, I guess I contradict myself here. I should be glad that the only huge event that has happened since I moved was how I had to spray dead a fruit-fly in my bathroom this morning- something I never needed to do before. (For a person who is extremely scared of bugs, this was a huge ordeal okay!) Anyways, right now, all I'm doing is just waiting for the lecture to start. The more people come in, the more jumbled my thoughts become on everything. I'll just stop for now. For all those who were worried, I'm sorry if this sounded depressing or whatever. I think that overall, I'm just don't quite know how to react to everything as of yet, but that doesn't suggest that I'm unhappy about anything. However, I can't honestly say that I'm super happy- because being bogged down with 50 pages of reading and weekly assignments that count towards a pass or fail is not something everything can just so easily get used to. It's not something from the last season or the currently airing season, but I've recently just finished watching this anime. It is amazing!
Before anything else, the plot seemed quite unique. Whoever heard of a person who forgets about nothing BUT their friends after a week has passed? At a glance, the series might just be passed off as a typical 'problem solving' type whereby the aim of the entire series is to find out what this 'huge, mysterious' problem is caused by and solve it. The characters are the added romantic comedy theme is what made me really appreciate this series as something much more complex and profound. The simplicity and neatness of the animation, combined with the soft tones of the background music, draws out and continually sustains a very gentle, mellow tone throughout the series. Furthermore, it also subtly directs the readers attention towards the characters themselves. As for the characters, I guess what I really liked was how unique they were. Amongst the character cast, there wasn't a clear way to distinguish and label characters based on roles such as 'the one for comic relief' or the 'serious one' because they were all just so human. I like that- it's nice to see the producers pay so much attention to every single one of the characters well-developed, feeling and multifaceted. If we were to be nit-picky, I could say that there were a few supporting characters whose personality was not developed at all. However in my personal view, I saw these supporting characters as a very natural device used by the producers to help encourage character development for particular characters. It's a very uplifting anime to watch. At a glance, decisions themselves are easy to make because most of them are often presented in a 'black-or-white' fashion. What you should do versus what you want to do, yes or no, running away versus being brave and confront it.
However, the emotions that accompany these decisions are not as easy to differentiate between, and consequentially result in indecision. Sometimes, even if you just want to run away, and return to the comfort of the past, you know that you need to confront it, and that confronting the issue is going to be better for you in the long run. Yet, at the end of the day, you still can't help but look back, doubting your decision. And that's okay. It's okay to doubt yourself. It's okay to feel uncertain about how the decision that you made will turn out. It's okay to feel and want the comfort and immerse yourself in pleasant memories. It's okay to feel weak. Strength is something that we develop from feeling weak and acknowledging that it's okay. In a few days time, I'll be moving away from a place I've been very attached to since birth. As a result, I've often spent these past few days in a cycle of contemplation, worry then determination. But regardless, after all things are said and done, I'll be moving. All that's left is to just acknowledge that it's okay; I don't have to feel super comfortable about moving as soon as I get there. Admittedly, I had tried to postpone watching this for quite a while. It was not because I'm not a fan of anime that contain classical music (it's quite the opposite really), but rather the producers making the main heroine some master virtuoso.
I don't have anything against virtuosos, however I do have something against the producers trying to make her the dense-but-everyone-falls-for-anyways virtuoso. In other words, I was simply tired of having to watch the typical, clichéd reversed harem concept being continually recycled. Trust me, once you've watched as many as I have, you'll be correctly predicting their every move too; whilst I don't mind expected plot twists, I don't like sitting there and watching it as if I wrote the script myself. Some of you may be familiar with another series: La Corda D'oro Primo Passo and Secondo Passo. Though their title suggests that this series is perhaps a continuation of the series, nothing is related. Apart from the setting being exactly the same (Seiso Academy), only two of the original characters make a small cameo appearance. None of the characters from this series are in any way related to any character in the original series. Which.... I have to say, I found disappointing, but unsurprising too. Considering how there is a dating simulation game available for the original series, it would be cruel to have one character be the daughter/son of Kahoko and "one of the guys"; doing so would mean that 'officially', Kahoko (the original series' heroine), would end up with that guy. Of course, the manga does allow Kahoko to end up with one particular guy, however that's another story altogether. So I started watching this, and just as I expected---- it turned out exactly the way I had expected it to be. At numerous occasions, I could tell that the producers were trying to provide some more depth to the series via 'unexpected plot-twists'. However, try as they might to incorporate it as being instrumental (haha, instrumental) to the plot, this unfortunately fell flat on the viewers end. Or at least, from my point of view. As always, I did enjoy the musical pieces that featured throughout the series. I can say with confidence that the musical pieces was one of the key elements keeping me from putting this series on hold yet again. That and the fact that I heard earlier on that a few of the previous characters had made some cameo appearances :3 At the end of watching the series, I wouldn't exactly say that I felt extremely bored and glad that it ended. It's one of those kinds of series that is (to an extent) mildly interesting, but isn't interesting or profound enough to leave behind a lasting impression of any sort. |
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