False Start and Forward Progress

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Behavioral and psychological studies have repeatedly shown that people value first impressions and final impressions a lot more than anything in between. Not me. I’m a middle man. Some of favorite shows have beginnings or endings that flat-out suck, but none of my favorite shows are anything short of brilliant in the middle. To account [...]

Describing Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger without using the word “Perfect”

Friday, March 6th, 2009

Berserk + a real ending Claymore – Raki Mouryou no Hako + subtitles Soul Eater – everyone except Stein and Medusa Kibure + an appearance in episode 14 Miniami-ke – all the non-Hosaka scenes Gankutsuou – the ambiguously gay ending Higurashi – the noise complaint I got for blasting the intro theme at 4AM Maddox [...]

What ever happened to standards?

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

When I first watched Full Metal Alchemist, Roy Mustang’s “sexiness” cracked me up. If you haven’t seen the show, here’s the gag: all the ladies would fall head over heels for him even though he looks generic enough to be a harem lead. Then I found out that many girls in real life actually think [...]

I beat up Raki

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Yesterday I stumbled upon Raki crying in the woods. I attempted to cheer him up by letting him borrow my finest female erotica magazine. Disappointed that there weren’t any men in it, Raki threw my magazine in the river. How dare that bastard waste my porn! I angrily stomped on the ground, creating a rift [...]