"yeah, the economy is such shit.  Take it from me boyos, you need to just build things and sell it to people e______e"

We're funny.

"this sounds like a horrible high schoolers idea of a great FF lol except for Bawbs amazing writting"

"I'm just trying to heal it! >:B Screw you, I know my writing isn't good."

"then all of a sudden CLOUD FROM THE LEGEND OF ZELDA CAME IN ON A CHOKEABOO."

We're kind.

"REST ASSURED MY FRIENDS. If you do something stupid, you need not worry about people being too polite to tell you so!  You can rest safe in the fact that the Jamboree will always be there to tell you the truth :3"

We're intelligent.

"$1 aus = 80c us"
"o: i see. so $30 aus would be about $26 Canadian"
"LET'S MOVE TO AUSTRALIA AND LIVE AS KINGS"
":T wellllll"
"WOO"
"IF YOU BRING $200 to Australia YOU'LL END UP WITH $224.50 AUS!"
"HOLY SHIT"

You can't escape the Jamboree.

"you can't run away from the jamboree"
"NOT EVEN IN DEATH"
"if you die, we will freeze you until a point in the future when you can be revived and cured. you cannot escape."

I've met everyone on this absentee list, with the exception of Ikuy. I've been in the group for about 3 months now, and I haven't seen Ikuy online even once o: . Anywho, now I return to Monster Hunter Tri. :3 Ciao!

Think Yotsuba but with a planarian*/human mutant four-year-old girl instead of one with green hair.

(*a planarian is a kind of non-parasitic flatworm organism)

Kenn's Comment: Read Yotsuba&! while doing shrooms and Angel dust. Yep, that's pretty much what you'll get . Jokes aside, this manga is similar to Yotsuba&! in that you've got a young child ignorant of the ways of the world, and getting into zany situations with her caretaker. People who liked Yotsuba&! will probably be okay with this series. Those who, god forbid, hated Yotsuba&! will most likely not like this. The manga just recently started serializing so I wouldn't make too many judgements yet.

 
Remember those crawfish from earlier in the post? This is pretty much what they ended up like. They were cooked in a spice mix my dad bought a year ago when we were in Texas. We had corn, potatoes, prawns and enough garlic to sink the Titanic in the pot. Sam ate lots of these mudbugs, sucking out the various innards from the head, cracking open the claws and devouring every morsel of flesh these crustaceans held within their shell-clad bodies. The corn was brutally spicy. My aunt gave me one and it made me fear for my well being just eating it. I made Jason eat one too, and he suffered the same way I did. We downed a cup of milk to cool it down.

1. Bag of Calbee Chips

2. Bag of Calbee Chips

3. Grass Jelly Drink

4. Bag of Calbee Chips

5. Bag of Calbee Chips

19. Monster Hunter Tri

Posting earlier than usual, because I don't think I'll have much time to do anything today.


Title: キャンディアディクトフルコォス, Candy Addict Full Course
Producer: machigerita-P
Vocaloid: 初音ミク APPEND - dark -

Kenn's Coment: A slightly creepy song using the new Append software. By the same producer who did Rotten Girl Grotesque Romance. He's also a NND singer, making him one of the singing-producers. He also tends to have Miku as a yandere, so I'm guessing the lyrics to this one are probably pretty creepy. Rotten Girl Grotesque Romance had some pretty creepy lyrics too.

The manga follows the humorous exploits of generals during Japan's tumultuous sengoku (Era of the Warring States) period.

Kenn's Comment: Yeah. I really don't know. Don't think I'll watch this, but I said the same thing about Strike Witches, Kiss x Sis, Seikon no Qwaser, etc. and I ended up watching them. Anywho, the manga seems to have sold fairly well, so I guess it's probably pretty good. There's an OVA episode that was released. No clue how that did. Gackt played Uesugi Kenshin, so I guess it'd be wrong to say that his character in Shiki is his first role. But, again, I really don't know.

Trailer:
None because "This video contains contect from MediaFactory, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds."

I'd like to wish everyone's favourite blogger a happy birthday while I'm at it.




Title: PRAY
Artist: JAY'ED
Genre: Pop, R&B
Single: PRAY
Album: N/A
Vintage: 26/05/10
 


Kenn's Comment: The full song isn't in the video. It's got about a minute cut out. It's a pretty good song though, and JAY'ED voice is nice as always. This is how the Songs of the Weeks and Weekly Vocaloid Features will be for a bit. Either like this, or without page breaks (no jumping).

A comic series about the under-loved and under-appreciated core of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, Koakuma.

Kenn's Comment: It's an extended flashback telling the story of how Koakuma came to become the librarian of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. I put SDM as a separate character because Flandre, Meiling and Sakuya have minor roles in this story compared to Remilia, Patchouli and Koakuma. Other characters show up, Marisa, Reimu, etc., but their role is even more minor than Sakuya and co. so I didn't bother putting them in. They don't really contribute to the story. Anywho, it didn't end all that bad. Was a bit short, but it's basically a flashback. A massively better end compared to another Koakuma doujin I read a few days ago. Let's just say it had a baaaaaaad end.

Read it @ Danbooru, or at Pixiv.

Normal isn't all that hard. Hard is fairly hard.



A custom version of it looks to be insanely hard. I bet even this would give bots a hard time.

The year is 1939 - it was then that the Neuroi appeared. Nobody knows where they came from or what their ultimate agenda is, but the fact remains that their attacks drove people out of their towns and cities. In order to take arms against them, humanity develops a new anti-Neuroi weapon called the "Striker Unit." Using the power of magic to fight against the monsters, this new device enhances and amplifies the power of female magic-wielders. To use this device, young witches from all over the world have been brought together to form an elite task force unit called the 501st Joint Fighter Wing, commonly known as the "Strike Witches."

Kenn's Comment: Not sure about how AIC will handle this. They've got a bit of an iffy track record as of late. From what I've read here and there, all of the characters in the 501st are back, with some new characters flying in. And they'll all be flying on new Striker units (complete with new sounds). Oh, and Sakamoto Mio's seiyuu goes from Chiba Saeko to Seto Saori. I hope they'll keep the general set up from the first season. I don't think I'd like it too much if it ended up something like Sora no Woto; slice of life until the end, sudden war, and then a lovely deus ex machina.

Trailer:


Those are just scenes from the first season.

OP Promo


More reused scenes.

ED Promo
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15 seconds of new material!...I think. The characters have their own insignias now, huh. They're usually based off of call signs, but the witches don't really have them...

Set in modern-day Italy, Gunslinger Girl follows the exploits of the Social Welfare Agency (often referred to as simply "the Agency"), ostensibly a charitable institution sponsored by the Italian government. While the Agency professes to aid the rehabilitation of the physically injured, it is actually a military organization specializing in counter-intelligence and counter-terrorism. It is composed of two independent branches: Public Safety, its surveillance and intelligence-gathering division, and Special Ops, the anti-terrorist division. Special Ops is itself divided into Sections 1 and 2, the latter of which employs young girls fitted with cybernetic implants as agents. The implants, which consist of synthesized muscles and carbon fiber frames, result in heightened strength and reflexes as well as high resilience to damage and pain. Each girl is paired with a male trainer, or "handler", and together they are referred to as a fratello — the Italian term for "brother". The handler is responsible for the training, welfare and field performance of his charge, and is free to use whatever methods he considers suitable. While these methods vary according to the handler, a common part of each girl's regimen is brainwashing called "conditioning", which produces a deadly assassin with unquestioning loyalty to her handler but also limits her life span.

Kenn's Comment: Originally licensed by ADV, but they died. Also, MangaUpdates lists this as Shounen, which it very well may be, but in my opinion, Shounen and Mature shouldn't be used to tag the same thing. Anyways on to Kenn's Comment. The story isn't exactly as tragic as you might think. I think the most tragic chapters are the ones where the girls aren't on the field.The series's subtitle, "The girl has a mechanical body, however she is still an adolescent girl" really shines in those chapters, as well as really making you feel for them. If you have time, I'd recommend trying this one out. It's not for everyone, as is the case for most of the series I put up, but I still recommend it anyways. It's got two anime series too, first season was done by Madhouse, second by Artland. Rather extreme, going from one of the best studios, to one of the not-so-great ones.