Anime! and so to bed
May. 5th, 2010 00:02![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
starladyI think I just need to accept that I won't be able to read everything I want to read for Wiscon before Wiscon. But hope springs eternal.
House of Five Leaves 1 - 3
Even if I hadn't looked at the website I could have told you that this is based on an Ikki manga, based simply on a) the slow pace and b) the extraterrestrial character design. Based solely on the scene in the second episode where Akitsu follows Yaichi to the shitamachi and then walks into a pole thinking about him, I predict many Yaichi/Akitsu doujinshi at Comiket this summer (also because Yaichi is hot, and says he finds Akitsu interesting. I will take his word for it). I like the characters, though. And they're making quite a lot of money on these kidnappings, even if this is middle Edo when the currency's metal content started dropping. Not surprisingly, I think Yaichi is my favorite. Also, the subtitling is pretty good. Also, look at Edo with its canals and moats and bridges! I never realized how thoroughly such things have been eradicated from contemporary Japanese cities until I went to one (Yanagawa) that has retained them. Also, looks like Seinoshin is making some wrong assumptions. We'll see.
Darker Than BLACK: Ryuusei no Gemini 12
The end! I liked it, though as usual I value the ending just as much for what it suggests about what happens after as for what it actually shows happening. I was glad about what happened to Hei, and Misaki's boss turned unexpectedly awesome at the end (WTF happened to him? holy crap!), as did Madam Oreille and her flying car, FTW. I was less pleased about Suou and July, though I don't want to privilege the copy over the original; Hei doesn't, and I think we ought to follow his lead. The Americans occupying Tokyo injected an interesting (and pointed) political note, too. I'll have to rewatch with subs at some point.
House of Five Leaves 1 - 3
Even if I hadn't looked at the website I could have told you that this is based on an Ikki manga, based simply on a) the slow pace and b) the extraterrestrial character design. Based solely on the scene in the second episode where Akitsu follows Yaichi to the shitamachi and then walks into a pole thinking about him, I predict many Yaichi/Akitsu doujinshi at Comiket this summer (also because Yaichi is hot, and says he finds Akitsu interesting. I will take his word for it). I like the characters, though. And they're making quite a lot of money on these kidnappings, even if this is middle Edo when the currency's metal content started dropping. Not surprisingly, I think Yaichi is my favorite. Also, the subtitling is pretty good. Also, look at Edo with its canals and moats and bridges! I never realized how thoroughly such things have been eradicated from contemporary Japanese cities until I went to one (Yanagawa) that has retained them. Also, looks like Seinoshin is making some wrong assumptions. We'll see.
Darker Than BLACK: Ryuusei no Gemini 12
The end! I liked it, though as usual I value the ending just as much for what it suggests about what happens after as for what it actually shows happening. I was glad about what happened to Hei, and Misaki's boss turned unexpectedly awesome at the end (WTF happened to him? holy crap!), as did Madam Oreille and her flying car, FTW. I was less pleased about Suou and July, though I don't want to privilege the copy over the original; Hei doesn't, and I think we ought to follow his lead. The Americans occupying Tokyo injected an interesting (and pointed) political note, too. I'll have to rewatch with subs at some point.
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Date: 2010-05-05 04:31 (UTC)Oh, I can relate! I started a book club in order to get at least some of the stuff I wanted to read before WisCon read.
Yay, just a few more weeks!