Ilse's Journal OVA

warning: may contain spoilers!

today i shall be giving my opinion on the Attack On Titan OVA, Ilse's Diary # Journal # Notebook (otherwise known as Ilse No Techou). 

i had watched this long before writing this post but i just recently re-watched it out of pent-up urgency. and might i say, the feels that ensued only a minute into the thing *shakes head* it was overwhelming. my sister said she felt it too, the nostalgic excitement, the butterflies in your tummy, the warm butter sliding down a hot toast feeling... its too much to handle.
firstly i must recommend this to everyone on earth who is an SNK # AOT fan, then secondly i must retract that recommendation in-case you havent read the manga. in the manga chapter this comes alot earlier on then in the anime, it also says it contains no spoilers, but i beg to differ. i feel it does contain a light sprinkling of spoilers and is not suited for the weak-hearted. but if you are all caught-up on that side of life or feel it will not destroy further happiness when season 2 is released, go right ahead!

moving on. DEM FEELS! after weeks- no, months of deprivation this really satisfied my needs. it gives you a look into how Hanji Zoe tries to convince Erwin Smith to capture Titans alive to use as test subjects, as they had long stopped doing that for bare time, along with a random survey-corps member called Ilse Langner's journey through a failed expedition. she has lost her horse and her team-mates, so she moves forward on her own, and decides to jot down whatever she finds on the way. its very interesting indeed, id like to see more stuff like this for suresies. 

its also great to see the survey corps itself going on a mission slightly different to what we've seen before, the investigation-ey side of it is v gripping. it also feels a bit eery dare i say it! 
everything is wonderfully animated as usual, and are treated to a great action-scene from Levai-Revai himself. it really gets you PUMPED! 
i must say they did a really good job with the Titan bit, its very creepy and the sounds it makes are horrific. the way it talks isn't really lame like i feared- though i do wish it sounded just a touch more, how do you say.... in-human. but its not too bad, its more then made up for by the in-pained screeches it makes after.
i think this is just an overall great story, and fun to watch too! it definitely gets me PUMPED for the next OVA they are working on, i wonder what its about- it cant come fast enough!!! FORGET THAT, WHAT ABOUT SEASON 2!???? I CANT WAIT FOR IT TO COME OUUUUTTTT! there are so many bits which would look just epic in anime-form!!

Kuroko No Basuke season 2 episode 25 rant

WARNING: 

• may contain spoilers
• i am raging mad whilst writing this so do excuse if the following opinions may seem harsh.

to continue-

DISAPPOINTING! DIS-A-PONT-TING!!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHH SO MAD AND LET DOWN BY THE LAST EPISODE OF KUROKO'S BASKET!  
*rams popcorn in thy's mouth and crunches sadly*
flipping Yosen VS Seirin has got to be one of the worst matches in the entire series, if not the worst! and i'll do my best to explain why i feel this way from here on.
oh Yosen, Yosen *shakes head* where do i begin with such a failure for a basketball-team?
AH, i know. perhaps the hardcore non-stop bragging and bigging up of BLOODY MURASAKIBARA ONLY TO FIND OUT IT WAS ALL TALK AND NO GAME!

 and i do hate to yell at Murasakii here, as the lad as nothing more then a lad i really like- i say i do! for starters he is always eating which i can relate to, born in September (as stated in the bible) which i can also relate to, and also looks pretty cool and behaves in a hilar fashion. but with regards to basketball- he is the biggest let down on earth. i feel in a way the author let Murasakii down too, to me it seems he is capable of so much more and is actually an epic player- but in order to let that donkey Kagami win and shine in the moonlight he drastically weakened Mura's play and potential, and on purposely made his scenes very boring. it seems like if it was Yosen VS any other team it would be amazing to watch and Murasakii's dunks would be more bad-assly potrayed. i dont know if its just the anime which is being biased or if the manga makes the game just as crap*, but either way the results would still be the same, therefore making Murasakii a DISAPPOINTMENT!!!!!!!!!! 
this is the problem you understand, they make out like Yosen is the Survey Corps of Kuroko No Basuke, but in actuality they're more like the Military Police. i feel if they hadn't banged on about and made an entire season of preparation to fight them it wouldnt have been as painful to watch. 

they dont stop with just the pre-match-bragging how amazeballs they are, even during it they keep talking about 'Thors Hammer' and 'The Shield of Haggis' and how 'everythings so annoying no one can beat me bla bla' all that fuddy-duddy, yet despite all that they do JACK, and i mean JACK-ALL throughout the entire 5 eps or however long it is.
almost every episode consists of Seirin thrashing the opposing team like no tomorrow whilst the crowd gasps about how "HAYAI!" and "NAUNI-ATTINDAYO-" and "MASAKA!!!! KAGAMI TSUGOI-DESU HAYAI!", then as it draws to the end it shows Murasakibara steaming as he mutters "i'll crush you!". just as you get hyped up for the next ep thinking things will get intense on Yosen's side you are dropped of back at square one- with the entire 20 mins being focused on Taiga being super-sonic as everyones eyes pop out of their veins and they yell in shock "TSUGOINEH KAGAMI- HAIYAY!", then Murasakabira steams some more, goes in for a dunk but that earwig Kagami stops him with ease etc etc. 

it really leaves you dangling. they didnt even do a good job making you feel there was even an inkling of danger, everytime Yosen seems like its getting together you know nothings really going to go anywhere, especially with cha-cha Kagami around. 
this is the thing, everyone knows Seirin will win no matter what happens anyway, but i wouldnt have minded that if Yosen AT LEAST DID SOMETHING!!!!!!!!! you wont believe how much screen-time Kagami gets, slick-animation included. and yet all of Murasakibara's scene are so shoddily animated and they seem rushed. he always just looks like a giant titan with wind circulating as he tries (and i mean tries) to dunk (always failing of course, with pai-Kagami on the court, what can one expect). the moves arent very smooth, its allround painful and unfair to watch.
i was really rooting for Yosen, i WISH just so so WISH they were done more justice! why couldnt they have been more impressive!? im so mad!
its not just Muraskibara's complete and utter epic-fail debut and lack of skills, its Kagami's completely OP being able to do everything under the sun-ness.
i understand he is the ace, the whole story is to depict how shockingly good he is compared to the world- but even still. i never dreamed possible a character that could aggravate me more then Mikasa Ackerman, but woe to ignorance- again woe! that dogface tops the lot, he's the icing on the cake, the masala in a curry, the E-numbers within a doughnut. HE CAN FLIPPING DO EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!! ITS SO IRRITATING, THE WORST CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNIVERSE, HOW CAN ANYONE ACTUALLY ENJOY WATCHING HIM AND HAVE THE NERVE TO CALL HIM ''BOSS'', ''BEAST'', AND "BAD-ASS"!?. YES, IM SURE ITS BAD-ASS FOR HIM TO OUT OF NOWHERE BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT WHICH NBA PLAYERS CANNOT ACCOMPLISH ALL WITH SHEER WILL!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH! it cheeses me off so much that anyone can praise such an un-original character! his main skill is meant to be jumping higher then a flea! and yet what do we get? he can pull off anything under the moon when he's in the 'zone'. for starters he shouldnt be allowed to enter the zone so easily and their should be a major drawback for entering frequently, secondly in any zone you just get extremely focused therefore powering up- but only in the thing your already good at. you cant suck like crap at something then "oh, i'll go in the zone" and suddenly get a black-belt in it! but thats exactly what the douchebag does! his high-jumps, dunks and fastness arent the only things that increase off the charts, but suddenly he can do that AND three-pointers, buzzer-beaters, dribbling, point-guarding, passing, blocks, clutch-shots, vice-claws, parallel parking, air-walking, and flying. im not even joking about the flying, theres serious music playing as the crowd gasps "NANI-O!? AIR-WALKING!?? IMPOSSIBLE!", they actually try and pull off Kagami swerving and gliding in the air- they actually EXPECT me to buy that bullsheshayque.
its also annoying how every trick Himuro has quickly gets figured out and stopped within just try, wheras everything Kagami has to offer is untouchable and un-figurable. RAAAAAAAARGH! it made me really angry when Hyuuga likened Kagami's three-pointers to Midorima, that is just un-called for! same goes for when Kuroko says he's like HIM (meaning Aoimine), i mean, that is just disrespect on a whole 'nother level. you know what else i hate? the fact that EVERYONE within just two seconds of bouncing the ball around their legs get paralyzed and they are overcome with shiitake's, and yet Kagami? nein, nein, he is able to overcome all trials like that. i thought it was really realistic and great when he started breaking his ankles against Midorima, but does that stop him? no, he still was able to jump as high as a kite and with only one week of rehab. in this match Murasakibara doesnt even do anything and yet he still gets frozen to the floor when required to make a dunk. it seemed so out of nowhere and lame with no build-up, i actually was startled when that happened because he barely even exerted himself (unlike the Kise VS Aoimine matchup- then it was actually believable and cool). so thats really lame, if your going to be realistic with everyone elses aches and pains then what of Kagami's? 
i can say that Kiyoshi was great to watch though. Seirin is a great team excluding Kagami. i love watching them play, i really hope we get to see more epicness from Kiyoshi, as well as Hyuuga, Izuki and Mitobe. i wish Mitobe would get an entire volume dedicated to him. id love to see more gameplay from the guy- as well as the secret behind why he doesnt talk. i also want more action from Izuki! an entire vols worth.
you know what!? i hope that Seirin gets to move forward and become no.1 like they intended or whatevs, but by the original members work and will. its annoying, but for now they seem to be solely relying on Kagami. what kind of nonsense is that? this is the upper-classmens' dream, they have to be the ones to grab the trophy. if Kagami gets them all the way through they might as well have not won in the first place because it isnt even a team effort.

^ this is how i feel currently

*btw i've started reading the manga chapter of Yosen vs Seirin and OH MY DAYS! I WAS SO RIGHT!!!!!! the anime is so flipping biased i tell you!!!!!!! Murasakibara is way more epic and his dunks looks really powerful, his play in general is more bad-ass! he doesnt just look like a fat beeve with a purple blob on his neck as portrayed in the anime, he actually looks more menacing and awesome.
same goes for Himuro, the guy looks less... how do i say *sways from side to side* y'know... in the anime some of his mirage maneuverments do look cool and all, but the manga still does more justice to him and Yosen overall. im loving it! i still wish they won though. and i still hate Kagami's guts and wish he dies in the near future (even though the meteor jam was quite bad-arse...)

aaaanyway, im sure i have more to say but i cant remember it all so thats all for now. 
do tune in frequently for more such posts.  

bloody engrish

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for some reason or other it really winds me up when i see the word 'Engrish'. at first i thought it was then funny. then i found it mildy amusing. then just about bearable.... AND LASTLY FUDGY ANNOYING! Emotions cycle: 

^O^  ^-^  -_-'  (╯° °）╯︵ ┻━┻

though not as irritating i also find it kind of awkward when peeps in all their excitement to show their authentic understanding of the Japanese language write how the Japs themselves would pronounce the word in a proffesional(ish) situation. sometimes its okay if they write the official word and then just to clear things up write how they would pronounce it, for example:
Word: Bleach.
Pronunciation: Burichi.
but sometimes it just gets really awkward. especially when they dont even add that this is just how Japanese people say it- they purely type it up as an official word.
also, i get that lots of times they turns L's into R's and R's into L's, but sometimes the native english speaker goes a bit far with how much they do that.
one of the most ridonculous example of this is of a good sir named Eren Jaeger(Jaques) from AOT. when the characters scream his name to me it sounds like either: a very lightly pronounced R, or skimming over that letter by just making the tune it should. but what do i get? people stamping his name down as "Ellen.", i mean, what the donkey in Ellen anyway? is he hosting the Ellen show now!?........ bad joke.
moving on. (see if you can decode who these characters are) 
Ardumin arururu
Petla Lal
Idse Rangner

aaanyway. wether its said like that or whatevs the word isnt written like that.
just like how you cant go around writing Doughnut like Donut, or Knock like Nok or Whatever Wha'eh'ah.

favoured atoms

"not being racist buuut, its obvious Japanese people hate themselves and how they look, i mean, all their anime characters look White and have blonde hair and big boobs. just saying.

indeed, because all Americans are born with D-cups and never get implants, no?? and not gonna lie, but, New York is littered with those who have naturally blue hair:

let us not deny the fact that the British are well known for being born with red eyes:

and if you ever visit LA look out for the famous wide-eyed girls:

oo-natural!

i tell you, the humble Caucasian!- never will you catch 'em wearing wigs or dying their hair (this is exclusive to sick Asian culture who hate themselves and worship the westerners.)

and never has a people come of ethnic decent and beared an eye colour besides brown (or indeed, has had large eyes, possibly more noticeable then the holy whiteman).

 

blessed be the day when you find the ethnic with fair skin in moderation.

obsessed with the innocence of a child- only in Japan!

wait.. he's turning fifty next week

wait... they're related- doops!

for grooming of both underage boys and girls is an occurrence that has ceased to exist in the west.

The European- one who is a symbol of complete perfection and everything must boil down to wanting to be like them.

and indeed! people of the west are content with their looks- a land with which plastic surgery never happens, a land free of fake tan. a land free of women who wear masses of eye-liner to enlargen the appearance of their eyes. 

and woe be to he who says that the Male of America uses hair-straighteners due to want of the appearance of the Chinese. 

and i hereby confirm that there is no anime in the whole world that have characters who have either brown nor black eyes or hair.

WARNING: btw im being sarcastic and i dont think any race or colour is higher then the other or am more appreciative of one over the next. i simply made this as a stark reminder of how pathetic people are when they think that they are the purest form of contentment in what they were born with. =)

oh yeah, i dont own any of the pictures above, all were used as examples and one should be nothing but proud to be used in my campaign against racism.

   

  

kuroko no basket.

Its beautiful so why not?

the struggles of anime.

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I DO NOT OWN I SAY!!!! 

other side-note:
i admit to adding some extra details which never happened to me in order to create more vibes, but the general storyline is there, ariigatooou!

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i've recently started watching Kuroko No Basket with my sis and i must say i am quite enjoying it so far. i didnt expect so you see, because im not a huge fan of sports anime, but i really wanted to watch an anime where there are deep yet fun friendships between dudes for a change rather then girls. i've seen many a series in my time about girls who are the best of friends, or about girls who set up clubs and have a great time (with the addition of two male side-kicks). and sure, they are very fun to watch indeed, but i was just thinking it'd be an interesting change if it was more focused on guy friends. you can argue that there are many stories about this kind of thing, gollykins!- just take a look at Bleach, Naruto, and One Piece. they are all good 'ol buddies right? but the point is they are living in alternate universes with special powers- or are stretchy men out on sea, or living in the edo period with 9 tails. and thus forth will sacrifice anything for there "nakamana-tous", and they bond through killing each other. 

i myself love companionship in Bleach and what, but  its not quite as normal and relatable as the girl-ish Slice-Of-Life's. 

im not saying i prefer those kind of animes' execution of friendship over Bleach, golly gosh- of course not! but its all about the change you see.

so i did my research and found that most anime's revolving around normal-universe friendships between guys always end in Yaoi or Sports (judging by the ones i saw, if you know of any that arent faggy feel free to recommend me some good ones), so i had no choice but to opt for sports.
i was quite interested in the title "Prince of Tennis", since i quite like Tennis in real life, but then i saw the animation and swiftly gave up.

its groovy to say the least, but i dont think i could handle it.

i had at that time heard of Slam Dunk, can you guess how far i got with that, judging by the image 
below?

its great n all but....

course Kuroko No Basketball was flying around the internet, but i was so scarred by my previous Basketball Anime endevurs that i didnt check it out.
AT LAST! oh at last i stumbled upon FREE! by watching an Attack On Titan parody video thing of it. i instantly checked it out and thought it seemed so hip and funny! FINALLY a sports anime with decent and normal looking characters, plus great animation! not to mention the ending was a laff. rumor has it that that the lads in this are very emotionally needy (xD) and all about the friendships and feels, and really depicts the depth of their care and what have you.

i was ready to DIVE in and have a great watch... but then i discovered.... the entire plot is all about swimming, and hence-to-forth the characters would probably ALWAY be in the pool without many garments on. i cant tell you how disappointed i was, especially after reading all the positive reviews about how the guys ARENT meant to be gay like everyone proclaims, they're simply good pals, and how it was the most heartwarming watch they had in time. sigh, this always seems to happen to me for some reason. im still annoyed about it. 

so all i truly was left with was.... The Basketball That Kuroko Plays. shockingly enough i discovered it might not be such a terrible idea afterall! the animation style was your average Shounen kind, and the plot wasnt half bad. after reading many a review and convincing my sister after many a night, we decided to watch it yyyyyipee!

there was a bit in the first or second episode where me and my sis were discussing why Kuroko wasnt doing anything and yet the team was doing great, and my sister came up with this fantastic theory but it sound so funny because she said it like "i think the blue-haired guy is a basketball." xD 

we are currently on episode six and i say i cant wait to move on!! the games are very fun to watch with hints of epicness. i was saying to my sis that only a Shounen can make Basketball look so fun xD its the real-world setting with hints of the vital unrealistic powers and gameplay which is the real catcher. 

i must add i find the bits when they arent playing amusing too.

"THIS IS JAPANESE LUNCH TIME RUSH!" <- quote of the day.

well, thats all for this post, stay tuned for more anime-related discussions etc,

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the whole world is a sheep.