Rabu Study Day

First off, a very happy birthday to collarnojutsu!! I suck at presents and cards and things, but at least I can do the birthday wishes thing.

A word of explanation. CNJ always complains that we never listen to her recommendations the first time. A while ago, wednesday_10_00 discovered Glee by way of a YouTube video from the the justly famous Single Ladies episode. This was after months of CNJ squeeing about Glee on her journal. So, by way of a mea culpa, wednesday_10_00 said that in future, if she proved resistant to a recommendation, the magic word was "Psst, D*****! SINGLE LADIES!"

CNJ has been trying to get me to watch Princess Tutu for over a year. (I meant to, really! But, the backlog!) I was a little uncertain about magical girl show + ballet, but the strong recommendation definitely carried weight. We watched a few episodes at the beach this year, and I was definitely intrigued (enough to order the DVD post haste), but then One Piece happened. (Still on episode 152 and volume 25, BTW.) She finally gave me incentive to finish the series in the form of an AMV and an ultimatum. ^_~

Now, it had taken approximately ten minutes of watching the anime (+ knowing that w_10_00 and cnj both love him) to know that I was going to love Fakir. But it is only now that I grasp that every detail of his character was insidiously crafted by the makers of the anime to inspire in me the perfect storm of redeemed seme moe, with the clear intention of ruining me for any other anime hero in the future.

So, people. In future, if I fail to heed your wise recommendations with appropriate speed, the phrase is "Psst, Sara. FAKIR!" I promise to drop everything and take your recommendation up on the spot. (Though I cannot promise to love anyone as much as Fakir. Even if he does have funny hair.)

( Cut for squee and possible spoilers (though maybe that was already kind of spoilery? )

So I will just conclude: the closing vignette-scene of the anime may very possibly be my new favorite thing ever. <3 <3

mangaroo WHY ARE YOU NOT WATCHING THIS THERE ARE DUCKS

AND UZURA (zura)

I really think I chose the wrong version of this meme. Maybe when I'm done, I'll look up the questions in some of the less fanboy-obsessed versions and answer a few of those.

( Favorite harem anime )

Now see, this question is just impossible. Seriously, I'm supposed to be able to pick just one? So, rather than agonize over which hero/heroine of which favorite series we've already discussed to death deserves this honor, I will seize this opportunity to squee about my NEW favorite hero. As of, like, five days ago.

( Day 24 - Favorite anime hero or heroine )

I had to google this to find out what it meant. Apparently, while tsundere means someone who is all huffy and hostile (tsun) on the outside and mushy-sweet-sentimental (dere) on the inside, yandere means somebody who appears to be sweet-as-sugar (dere) on the outside, but is really batsh@t crazy/murderous stalker (yan?) on the inside.

Since I'm not entirely sure why I would have favorite ANYTHING in this category, I'll give a tongue in cheek answer...

( Best yandere character )

Man, it is hard to keep up with this when we're having what is without doubt the most gorgeous run of weather EVER at the beach...

( Day 18 - Something moe )

( Day 19 - Mandatory swimsuit post )

Wow, I got way behind. The fact that collarnojutsu came to visit for a few days is only part of my excuse. The main reason was that I don't get any of these questions.

My feeble attempts:

( Day 13 - Cosplay of your ‘waifu’ or Husbando’ )

( Day 14 - current (or most recent) anime wallpaper )

( Day 15 - Post a cute Neko-girl )

( Day 16 - post a kigurumi cosplay of your favorite anime character )

Whoops, yesterday got away from me. Luckily these two are pretty easy (if unoriginal).

( Favorite slice of life anime )

( Favorite mecha anime )

Looks like I owe a catch-up post, eh? On the upside, am now happily ensconced at the beach (where the weather is lovely and warm, for the moment, and it would be even nicer if the weird chemical smell in the air would go away. Road work??).

These were all hard!

( Most annoying anime character )

( Favorite anime couple )

( Most epic scene )

Not a big surprise after yesterday...

( Anime you're ashamed to admit you enjoyed )

I love this meme because I feel like it might make me start watching more anime again. For years now I've spent far more time studying and reading manga than actually watching anime, and there are so many things I haven't seen.

( Favorite anime )