neko’s thinkbox

Yes, Ritsu. They are guitars. You deserve a cookie.

After hearing all this whoop-la about K-ON!, I broke down and actually waste some time watching. I went into this session with some sad misconception that this was a show about a J-pop girl group, all emotional and over-dramatized, and their struggles to be accepted as real people, find love etc… not actual musicians trying to form a coherent act and to not suck.

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Since the season is almost ending, I’ll just quickly update you on these two series I’ve recently caught up to.
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What a nice sight, nevertheless!

The usual tsundere-provoking embarrassing situation. I wouldn’t doubt it’s a nice sight, though!

Basquash! is moving onto the last stage! Everything is set - but first, here are some impressions of the last episodes.

(I know, ep 22 aired a couple of days ago, and it just got subbed too, but I already had this post done. Couldn’t publish it because of this unexpected and unprecedented Animeblogger downtime. If anything in episode 22 conflicts with what I’m saying here, please omit it.)

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I literally choked on my iced tea when she suddenly cried out...

NYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!

Well, it’s that time again, something between the middle and the end of the season, the last quarter… there comes my usually belated Catching up to series. Well, this time I have to admit I was pretty much distracted, so perhaps I have a more viable excuse this time… Ahem. Let’s proceed to the current batch of lesbian mahjong anime episodes.

(Yes, only up to episode 20, because 21 seems stuck in the intertubes…)
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Apparently in Japan cousins can get married! Which comes as a surprise to me because in the U.S.A. this is usually not the case as far as I know. Mizuki is chasing after Aoba, but it seems like Aoba just isn’t feeling it. While there was very little baseball in episode 20, Cross Game still shines.
Beware: Spoilers!
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I’ve spent the weekend playing catch up with Cross Game. I enjoyed catching up, mostly because I enjoy baseball and also the characters in the story. While episode 19 contains no baseball, it does a good job of focusing on character development, mainly Kou and Aoba. Also a new character is introduced!
Some spoilers lie ahead!
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