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I think this says it all.
Personal preference, but I don’t like the character art. I’m probably too used to SEED and 00, so this seems a bit ghetto to me (I can’t really say that though, since I haven’t watched their predecessors in the Gundam franchise yet). The Gundams themselves are pretty spiffy, however (see image above).
But for me, the characters make or break the series; and at this point I’m really not sure. Halfway through the episode, I found myself getting bored, because it really didn’t hook me; after dinner, I couldn’t bring myself to complete the episode. I’m probably missing the climax or whatever, but I don’t have much faith in this OVA even though it’s only six episodes. :/
Random thoughts while viewing after the jump.
When I ran the cover text through Google translate, it gave me some anti-feminist sounding caption. Well, it has something to do with Mikan's pretty outfit, I guess :3 (She also doesn't look 10/11...)
In a nut shell, Youichi’s being chased and gets rescued by an axe-swining Mr. Bear. At the hanahime den, Hayate’s being teased with a piece of cake, then grown-up Youichi shows up all brusied. Then they have a dangerous ablities type reunion thing, it’s kinda cute. xD
Back with the main group, when it looks like they’re about to be captured by lackeys, it turns out it’s just the Somatic Representative (forget his name) in disguise.
Then he tells them about what happened (I think) especially about Yuka and the high school principle, and there’s a panel with the teleporting keyhole door. And then our of nowhere, a bag of Alice stones appears alongside a note from Mikan’s mother. 
She ends the letter with “Please, be safe” which makes Mikan cry. I don’t know what the rest of the letter says, but it’s probably something sweet. >w<
And then I'll quote Kiseki’s twitter. -w- “Am I reading this right? o A o Mikan now can absorb Alice stones, thus able to use their powers, right…? Wooow…”
So now Mikan’s going to save the day by being all-powerful? Not quite sure I like this concept, but let’s see how it develops. (I want more romance!)
(≧○≦)b durarara02 impressions and stuff
Yea, I know that this episode just came out, but I can understand a tiny bit of Japanese and it’s pretty easy to know what is going out right? ╮|▰´・□・`▰|╭ I apologize if I got anything wrong, but this is kind of an impression/review post. Anyways, enough of the whining… (｡￣m￣｡)
Sable Prince by Nesumi Chisato; a shounen-esque shoujo, but it's actually the romance (?) that's holding me (normally I'd go for the plot more) :D
Sable Prince by Nesumi Chisato is being scanlated by Scarlet Carnival, and they recently finished volume 1. I’ve been following this for a while (since the second chapter, I believe) but didn’t really find a reason to blog it until this one. :3
The story is basically about an heir to the demon throne (Vilof) who is travelling alongside a “mysterious” companion (Pierre). Despite it being “shoujo” and not “shounen-ai” I honestly thought it’d be one of those subtle friendship mangas at the very least. (Okay I lied; Hetalia has corrupted me, I was kinda thinking shounen-ai…)
Was I ever wrong.
FWAAAH PIERRExGIZELO! Click for the full version, if you're like me and can't handle mere thumbnails of such panels. *A*
Eff yes! Knight/princess love, and I’m loving it. Uh yeah, he’s a guy with really long hair (he untied it to give the ribbon thing to his lady teehee).
I want to know their back story; forbidden loves are always interesting, so I’m looking forward to this one. Vilof won’t seem to care though, so I think things’ll work out (save me the typical shoujo drama of a girl caught between two guys, please). He says he’ll write her “another” letter, which means he’s in regular correspondence with her? 
Makes you wonder though, whether or not Pierre has an ulterior motive. :/
Otherwise, so far it’s been a series of stories about their encounters with random villages etc., so I’m hoping everything will culminate in the second volume and that little flesh-eating girl will come back. I kinda liked her, she was fun. 
Lapis Lazuli no Oukan by KAWASE Natsuna
This was licensed and published in English as The Lapis Lazuli Crown. I started reading this over a year ago, but the scanlating group dropped it and only recently were the remaining chapters uploaded, so I thought I might as well post a short review. :3
Before the series review, a note about the new category.【Spotlight】is where Kyfni (or one of her partners-in-crime) will review completed series, since there’s no point in creating a category for them when they aren’t going to be used again, right? So of course, spoilers abound. (:
Also, updates to the fanart will be late this week because my thumbnail-creator (i.e. Photoshop) doesn’t like me. :/