Akazora

Because these lasses are not my type of girls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9txzvu6eQuw

It's just the MV for Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harder,_Better,_Faster,_Stronger#Music_video

Well, I don't have that much homework, so.... Akame ga Kill is generally praised for not being afraid to kill off characters. In fact, that's probably the only argument people bring up when trying to claim AgK is good. And let me tell you, yes characters do die, and very often at that. But the problem is, there hasn't been a single death I hadn't see coming from a mile away and there isn't a single death that has been even remotely emotional. The problem is, AgK has a bad habit of juxtaposing humor with tragedy. And this lessens the effect of both the humor and the tragedy. The humor isn't all that it; you can find better humor in battle shounens and shoujo romcoms. But instead of bringing nothing to the table, the humor instead takes away from what AgK might have been. I never know when I should be taking the show seriously. Should I be laughing or crying? If you want an anime that can successfully mix and mingle laughs with tears, I'd recommend the bizarre Mawaru Penguindrum, but that's a discussion for another day. But of course, the humor can't be the only thing that's preventing the tragedy from being good, right? And you're right, because the characters ruin it, too. With only 24 episodes and more than a handful of characters to knife, almost nobody will have enough development to warrant a good death scene. Scratch that, nobody had enough development. When a character dies, I feel nothing. Not because I'm cold-hearted or anything, since it hasn't even been that long since I've cried seeing someone die in an anime, but because I hadn't yet related to the character yet. Everyone who dies just feels like fodder; meant to be killed in an attempt to elicit sympathy. And there wasn't much to develop regardless. All the characters fit in their little cookie cutter tropes, and you'd only ever like someone if you come in preferring that specific stereotype. Considering it's already 2014, it's a shame to see characters like these are still acceptable. But wait, there's more! The action is nothing to speak of in this anime. It's not even a long running battle anime, and yet they rely on the same animation gimmicks to take up space and time, like having the same one-two sword slash animation and just loop it as someone grunts for background noise. Or turning fast punches into a whirling blur so individual fists don't need to be drawn. There is no fluidity to the fights, no effort put into making them cinematically or artistically choreographed, and no excitement whatsoever. If you thought it was going to at least have mind-numbing action, you'd be disappointed. Finally, the anime tries way too hard to be gritty. It throws blood around profusely and gives people dark angsty faces when their about to face off against an enemy just to appeal to those who want to feel "cool" for watching something that seems edgy. They also try to make the show morally ambiguous, but the attempts tend to fall flat. What's really good and evil? What have we been fighting for all this time? What is justice? These questions have been tackled numerous times in anime, and it feels like AgK was just trying to go with the flow and earn money on the tailwind of other more successful shows without putting in any effort of their own. The anime just comes off as pretentious. This is just how I feel about the Akame ga Kill. It's something that attracts newcomers to anime and those that have only barely graduated from Naruto and Bleach, but it is far from worth your time. Avoid it; you won't regret it.

Because who needs state borders, right?

Ah, I only know it as breakdancing. In my area, that's the only name it goes by. Well, you lean new things every day!

I read that book back in middle school. I don't remember a smidgen of it. I didn't even remember I read that book until you mentioned it. This may not be very good news, because I remember only the really good books from my younger years.

I've never played mahjong.

I've seen all of these, and Akame ga Kill is the only one of the three I would not recommend. I could go into details as to why, but this post may turn into a rant.

In our school, NHS tutors do their tutoring in the library and there are no food or drinks allowed in there. So, more evidence we aren't going to the same school, I guess? Last food I had was breakfast. As for what it was, I can't remember. It was that long ago. I wonder what's for dinner? [insert video I posted in another thread here]

I think I accidentally quoted you instead of kirsch. Edited my original post.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAjR4_CbPpQ

Birthday boy? Bad boy? Beautiful boy? Brazilian boy?

You just gave my kokoro doki dokis. No homo though.

... I think you just blew my mind. +1

Shigatsu started off great but has run stale unfortunately. I used to like it a lot, but now the only thing I can appreciate about it is the art and animation, and occasionally the music. The characters are unbelievable for being middle schoolers, the plot develops far too slowly, and the metaphors and symbolism falls flat and feels pretentious. It's a real shame, because music has been a huge part of my life and I thought Shigatsu would be the anime for me. However, it doesn't portray recitals accurately at all. That being said, it's still one of the better than this season, but definitely behind Parasyte and leagues behind Fate/stay night: UBW.

To my knowledge it already aired in Japanese theaters. Most people thought the CGI parasites were done rather well but that the series felt watered down compared to the manga, as is expected. I think it's only going to be just this one single movie, not a series of movies, though someone is going to need to fact check this. I want to avoid accidentally spoiling myself. Either that or I'm feeling really lazy.

I would commit larceny on a titanic scale to get my hands on Japanese snacks. *regrets not bringing enough money to Epcot in Disney World during the band trip* (was not aware there was a Japanese store there that sold all my love and life in a single place)

APUSH >>>>>>>> WHAP

Trolls and social justice warriors, I guess? Wondering if Friday is going to be a great or terrible day...

Fooled me again! Thought you meant "Ballad of Mon Lisa" until I realized it was just another K-pop song. inb4 reminded me of Hunter x Hunter.

11 episodes are out and there will be a total of 24. This will be enough, from what I've heard, to adapt the entire manga so you're guaranteed not to have a cliffhanger or wait for a second season. I really like it, and the episode that just came out today was pretty awesome. Watch a few episodes and see if it's your style. I was actually losing a bit of faith in the series the past few weeks, but episode 11 nailed home exactly what drew me into the series in the first place. Glad my rather long post was not for naught.

To say something a bit more on topic, just played a bit of Mario Kart DS since I'm not really allowed to play MK8 right now and am using MKDS as practice. I'm a bit of a scrub at Mario Kart, because I can't snake for my life and I almost never use that small drifting boost thing. I'm working on getting gold trophies in the mirror 150cc Grand Prixes, but Rainbow Road is giving me one hell of a time. Already unlocked all the characters, and once I can conquer Special Cup I'll move on to the missions. It was a pretty fun little game and worth the bit of effort I've put into it thus far. Don't know why I haven't given Mario Kart a chance until as old as I am now, though I guess most of my friends have been more Smash players.

There be ghosts in the showers, Harry!

You scared me for a second. I haven't learned any of that stuff yet, and probably never will considering my teacher seems to stick rather closely to what we need to know for the AP exam.