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	<title>【Kuchi-Makase】;; because we&#039;re random like that &#187; Reviews</title>
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		<title>( Gakuen Alice ) 125; impressions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyfni</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a nut shell, Youichi&#8217;s being chased and gets rescued by an axe-swining Mr. Bear. At the hanahime den, Hayate&#8217;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&#8217;s kinda cute. xD
Back with the main group, when it looks like [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 597px"><img alt="When I ran the cover text through Google translate, it gave me some anti-feminist sounding caption. Well, it has something to do with Mikans pretty outfit, I guess :3" src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/Gakuen%20Alice/GA125.png" title="GA125" width="587" height="282" /><p class="wp-caption-text">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&#39;s pretty outfit, I guess :3 (She also doesn't look 10/11...)</p></div>
<p>In a nut shell, Youichi&#8217;s being chased and gets rescued by an axe-swining Mr. Bear. At the hanahime den, Hayate&#8217;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&#8217;s kinda cute. xD</p>
<p>Back with the main group, when it looks like they&#8217;re about to be captured by lackeys, it turns out it&#8217;s just the Somatic Representative (forget his name) in disguise. <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/kao_sweat.gif' alt=':kao_sweat:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Then he tells them about what happened (I think) especially about Yuka and the high school principle, and there&#8217;s a panel with the teleporting keyhole door. And then our of nowhere, a bag of Alice stones appears alongside a note from Mikan&#8217;s mother. <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/kao_cheering.gif' alt=':kao_cheering:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>She ends the letter with &#8220;Please, be safe&#8221; which makes Mikan cry. I don&#8217;t know what the rest of the letter says, but it&#8217;s probably something sweet. >w<</p>
<p>And then I'll quote <a  href="http://kyaranaika.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Kiseki&#8217;s</a> twitter. -w- &#8220;Am I reading this right? o A o Mikan now can absorb Alice stones, thus able to use their powers, right&#8230;? Wooow&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>So now Mikan&#8217;s going to save the day by being all-powerful? Not quite sure I like this concept, but let&#8217;s see how it develops. (I want more romance!)</p>
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		<title>durarara!!02 ~ dullalala!!02</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lennie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(≧○≦)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? ╮&#124;▰´・□・`▰&#124;╭ I apologize if I got anything wrong, but this is kind of an impression/review post.  Anyways, enough [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #d3a8e5;">(≧○≦)b durarara02 impressions and stuff </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #d3a8e5;"> </span> 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￣｡)</p>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><img src="http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww226/Lenniemoo/SCREENSHOTS/Picture2-1.png" alt="Nice ones Anri. =u=;;" width="500" height="243" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Nice ones Anri. =u=;;</p></div>
<p>&#8230; The opening starts off a tiny bit different because there is a introduction of what happened in the first episode. (｢・Д・)｢ The recap wasn&#8217;t necessary but I enjoyed Mikado going all &#8216;0&#8242; at Sterluson again. ╰|≧▽≦ | It&#8217;s the first day of school and Mikado and Kida aren&#8217;t in the same class. |✿・ლ・| Instead, he&#8217;s with this girl called Sonohara Anri who has big breasts and is at the top of the class. (=3=;;) She looks like a nerd and some pedo teacher was eyeing her at the opening ceremony. LMFAO. ⊙～⊙</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><img src="http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww226/Lenniemoo/SCREENSHOTS/Picture1copy-1.png" alt="Watcha looking at you little punk?" width="500" height="252" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Watcha looking at you little punk?</p></div>
<p>ヽ[＾◡＾*]ノ This guy called Seiji comes into class 1-A but he refuses to sit down and talks about school being&#8230; (didn&#8217;t understand it) and then he walks out of the class room. LOL.Good news-ish is that the girl who got kidnapped and escaped in episode01 is in Kida&#8217;s class, 1-B. She tells her story and I think she is a new student as well. (▰＾_＾) I didn&#8217;t understand it all that well but she had a pen/email pal who she contacted a lot when she was younger. She got a letter in the mail that showed pictures of her dad picking up girls on the streets and bringing them to bars. [￣ω￣*] She becomes depressed-ish because she shows the pictures to her mother anomonously but at dinner the couple still act normal.</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><img src="http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww226/Lenniemoo/SCREENSHOTS/Picture5.png" alt="Hey honey, wanna come to ma place?" width="500" height="252" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Hey honey, wanna come to ma place?</p></div>
<p><strong>NOTE THE NEXT PART IS ABOUT EPISODE 01 FLASHBACK</strong></p>
<p>(❛m❛#) Well the plot pans to the past into more detail, where she recalls her kidnapping and then a doctor like person who leads the black rider AKA Sterluson out of a garage (says something to her) and then she nods and drives out into the night. So-so so far but then a new character gets introduced. Yea, it&#8217;s Shizuo Heiwajima who apparently lent money to some groveling man and he gets angry when the guy is all &#8220;sorry I can&#8217;t return it&#8221;. ╮[๑`・A・´]╭</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 600px"><img src="http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww226/Lenniemoo/SCREENSHOTS/Picture4copy.png" alt="SELF EXPLANATORY" width="590" height="284" /><p class="wp-caption-text">SELF EXPLANATORY</p></div>
<p>Shizuo rips up the vending machine and throws it up high in the air  in his anger but it did not hit the smelly old man&#8230;. (where sterluson, kida, mikado all saw it at the same time)  ┐[・ρ・▰]┌  So then Sterluson recieves a phone call (the events of episode 01 are coming together now) and it&#8217;s from the information dealer Izaya (ahhh I LOVE HIM ┐(╹ワ╹▰)┌）He gives her information about the kidnapping and then thats when she goes and beats all those dudes up. ( &#8216; ◡ &#8216; ) b  She rescues the girl, the girl gets a ride on a horse-in disguise to her house. (How awesome is that &lt;(◕ˇ◡ˇ◕｡)/)</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 810px"><img src="http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww226/Lenniemoo/SCREENSHOTS/Picture7copy.png" alt="BECAUSE UR NOT SUPPOSED TO DIE U BOZO" width="800" height="395" /><p class="wp-caption-text">BECAUSE UR NOT SUPPOSED TO DIE U BOZO</p></div>
<p>[｡・～・｡]  It&#8217;s all a blur now, but I seem to know what happens. Izaya talks to the girl for a while on the roof of her apartement, and after he leaves (and scaring her by almost throwing her off the building) she tries to suicide again. There was a blood stain on the floor and I&#8217;m suspiciously guessing that it was hers. She jumps and then Sterluson saves her using her awsome dark powers (LMAO) and she asks Sterl&#8217;why she saved her. Sterluson types something on her phone and shows it too her but I couldn&#8217;t read it, it&#8217;s something about  the world. [｢＞△＜]｢</p>
<p>I TYPED IT UP. あなたが考えているほど世界はどくないから。</p>
<p><a href="Excuse me? =w=..."><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww226/Lenniemoo/SCREENSHOTS/Picture1.png" alt="" width="500" height="294" /></a></p>
<p><strong>RATINGS </strong><em><strong>overall : [8.3/10] </strong> didn&#8217;t really strike me as WOW but it was pretty good ;D the plot came together really well&#8230; I WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT SHIZUO. LOLS.</em></p>
<p><strong>ANIMATION : [8/10] </strong><em>Not an expert about this but it&#8217;s fine, except for the talking. PLEASE SYNC THE MOUTH WITH THE VOICE -3-</em></p>
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		<title>Sable Prince 5 ;; knight&amp;princess ♥</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyfni</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sable Prince by Nesumi Chisato is being scanlated by Scarlet Carnival, and they recently finished volume 1. I&#8217;ve been following this for a while (since the second chapter, I believe) but didn&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 421px"><img alt="Sable Prince by Nesumi Chisato; a shounen-esque shoujo, but its actually the romance (?) thats holding me :D" src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/Spotlight/SP-5-0.png" title="SP5" width="411" height="275" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Sable Prince by Nesumi Chisato; a shounen-esque shoujo, but it&#39;s actually the romance (?) that's holding me (normally I'd go for the plot more) :D</p></div>
<p><b>Sable Prince</b> by <i>Nesumi Chisato</i> is being scanlated by Scarlet Carnival, and they recently finished volume 1. I&#8217;ve been following this for a while (since the second chapter, I believe) but didn&#8217;t really find a reason to blog it until this one. :3</p>
<p>The story is basically about an heir to the demon throne (Vilof) who is travelling alongside a &#8220;mysterious&#8221; companion (Pierre). Despite it being &#8220;shoujo&#8221; and not &#8220;shounen-ai&#8221; I honestly thought it&#8217;d be one of those subtle friendship mangas at the very least. <small>(Okay I lied; Hetalia has corrupted me, I <i>was</i> kinda thinking shounen-ai&#8230;)</small></p>
<p>Was I ever wrong. <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/kao_cheering.gif' alt=':kao_cheering:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 277px"><a  href="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/Spotlight/SP-5.png" class="thickbox no_icon" rel="gallery-2062" title="FWAAAH. Click for the full version, if youre like me and cant handle mere thumbnails of such panels. *A*"><img alt="FWAAAH. Click for the full version, if youre like me and cant handle mere thumbnails of such panels. *A*" src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/Spotlight/SP-5-th.png" title="SP5-1" width="267" height="411" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">FWAAAH PIERRExGIZELO! Click for the full version, if you&#39;re like me and can&#39;t handle mere thumbnails of such panels. *A*</p></div>
<p>Eff yes! Knight/princess love, and I&#8217;m loving it. Uh yeah, he&#8217;s a guy with really long hair (he untied it to give the ribbon thing to his lady teehee).</p>
<p>I want to know their back story; forbidden loves are always interesting, so I&#8217;m looking forward to this one. Vilof won&#8217;t seem to care though, so I think things&#8217;ll work out (save me the typical shoujo drama of a girl caught between two guys, please). He says he&#8217;ll write her &#8220;another&#8221; letter, which means he&#8217;s in regular correspondence with her? <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/kao_wink.gif' alt=':kao_wink:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Makes you wonder though, whether or not Pierre has an ulterior motive. :/</p>
<p>Otherwise, so far it&#8217;s been a series of stories about their encounters with random villages etc., so I&#8217;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. <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/kao_smile.gif' alt=':kao_smile:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Lapis Lazuli no Oukan ;; honey &amp; light</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyfni</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 453px"><img title="LL1" src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/Spotlight/LL-1.png" alt="Lapis Lazuli no Oukan by KAWASE Natsuna" width="443" height="444" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Lapis Lazuli no Oukan by KAWASE Natsuna</p></div>
<p>This was licensed and published in English as <em>The Lapis Lazuli Crown</em>. 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</p>
<p><span style="color:#00a382;">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&#8217;s no point in creating a category for them when they aren&#8217;t going to be used again, right? So of course, spoilers abound. (:</span></p>
<p>Also, updates to the fanart will be late this week because my thumbnail-creator (i.e. Photoshop) doesn&#8217;t like me. :/</p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: small;">【Lapiz Lazuli no Oukan】</span></p>
<p>I&#8217;m a fan of KAWASE Natsuna; except I&#8217;m not sure what it is exactly about her works that appeal to me. The art&#8217;s pretty average (cute, yes), and the plot isn&#8217;t deep or particularly unique, so it&#8217;s probably the magic. A lot of her series have some kind of sci-fi/fantasy element involved, which is arguably my favourite genre~</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 224px"><img title="LL2" src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/Spotlight/LL-2.png" alt="Radi and Miel; radi like radiant and miel is French for honey~" width="214" height="211" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Radi and Miel; radi like &#39;radiant&#39; and miel is French for &#39;honey&#39;~</p></div>
<p>The protagonists of this story are Radi and Miel(/Mieru), a prince and the descendent of an aristocrat. In their world, they are two of a handful of people who can use magic (channelled via precious stones like Lapis Lazuli, also the national gem), but for one reason or another Radi never uses his magic publicly which causes a certain degree of mistrust from his subjects. His brother Citrona on the other hand (who is four years younger) has immense magical power, and it&#8217;s no secret that one of the highest ranking aristocrat families want him to control the crown&#8217;s barrier instead (the most important duty of their kingdom, since the crown has a lot of power sealed within it). The catch is, Citrona&#8217;s power is unstable;</p>
<p>That&#8217;s the basic plot, but I found that it wasn&#8217;t want struck my interest. I liked to read about the girl with unnatural strength, whose goal was to &#8217;seduce the crown prince&#8217; yet unknowingly met him on the street. She&#8217;s not a very good magic user, but her determination to enter the palace and help him was what drove the story forwards; and her enormous strength proved to be beneficial in relation to her magical capability.</p>
<p>It was cut a bit short due to an untimely ending, but it was wrapped up pretty nicely along with a few omake panels at the end of the volume. We probably could have benefited from a few more chapters, but again, it wasn&#8217;t the plot that held my attention in this case. The heroine was strong not only physically, and the hero was fun to follow. To be honest, their personalities were a bit bland, but it was nice to read something without the thousand servings of drama per chapter.</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 263px"><img title="LL3" src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/Spotlight/LL-3.png" alt="Happily ever afters are best, though I wouldve liked to see how Radi would have dealt with all the marriage proposals he predicted Miel would receive... :3" width="253" height="311" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Happily ever afters are best, though I would&#39;ve liked to see how Radi would have dealt with all the marriage proposals he predicted Miel would receive... :3</p></div>
<p>There are some side stories with her family and friends, and this guy who makes Radi jealous (teehee) but I loved the interaction between Miel and Radi the most. They&#8217;re just so&#8230; pure? Love was a theme, but it wasn&#8217;t a &#8220;love will conquer all&#8221; manga. I&#8217;m not really sure how to say it other than that, but it was fun watching Miel mature and Radi&#8230; well, be Radi. <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/kao_regular.gif' alt=':kao_regular:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>The tone is mellow, and I&#8217;ll probably re-read this a couple of times. It&#8217;s memorable because it&#8217;s sweet, and the bits of humour are more adorable than funny. Also, I rather like Radi with long hair; he actually looks like he&#8217;s 18. xD</p>
<p>【Rating】8/10 ;; for being a refreshing read, and the magic gives it bonus points. ♦</p>
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		<title>&amp; Chibisan Date (1-3.5), of art and love!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyfni</dc:creator>
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Chibisan Date is written and drawn by Himaruya Hidekaz, mangaka of Axis Powers: Hetalia fame. We love [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 581px"><img title="CSD1" src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/Chibisan%20Date/CSD1.png" alt="The cast of Chibisan Date! We have four males and four females, hmm~ :)" width="571" height="411" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The cast of Chibisan Date! We have four males and four females, hmm~ :)</p></div>
<p><small>Trying a slightly different collaboration style; summary on top (<span style="color: #eb068a;">click the pink link for the collapsable text block!</span>) and commentary at the bottom. Hopefully this&#8217;ll help churn out our posts faster; and let us actually follow our schedule. ^^;;</small></p>
<p><strong>Chibisan Date</strong> is written and drawn by Himaruya Hidekaz, mangaka of <em>Axis Powers: Hetalia</em> fame. We love APH, and the same holds true for this new series; and the art is amazing. Scanlations by an anon on 4chan, retrieved from the LJ community. :)</p>
<p>Impressions of the first three-and-a-half chapters, click the jump!</p>
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<hr /><center><font face="Century Gothic" size="3">【Chapter 1】Clear, some of the babena in the garden have flowered</font></center><br />
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 581px"><img title="CSD2" src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/Chibisan%20Date/CSD2.png" alt="His friends and housemates seem to be really supportive of him; with friends like these, why so sad, Seiji?" width="571" height="411" /><p class="wp-caption-text">His friends and housemates seem to be really supportive of him; with friends like these, why so sad, Seiji?</p></div></p>
<p><a style="display:none;" id="ddetlink2042645273" href="javascript:expand(document.getElementById('ddet2042645273'))">Summary ;; Seiji the uninspired artist :(</a>
<div class="ddet_div" id="ddet2042645273"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">expand(document.getElementById('ddet2042645273'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink2042645273'))</script>The protagonist Seiji lives in Nantucket, in Cape Cod; which is in the Atlantic Ocean a bit off the coast of Massachusetts. He&#8217;s an artist~</p>
<p>We meet the namesake of series (presumably): Chibisan, who <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">is the female version of Chibitalia</span> lives with Suehiro-san and Seiji. It seems our artist is suffering from an artist&#8217;s block and can&#8217;t figure out what to draw; he&#8217;s so morose.</p>
<p>Two sisters drop by to cheer him up, Candy and Margaret, as does his friend Fischer albeit more indirectly (who throws food at him <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">is it a tomato?</span>). He receives some good advice from Suehiro and his drawings flow right from the page~ literally. But then he gives up? Baww, keep fighting Seichii ;A;</div></p>
<p><span style="color:#00a382;">The main character reminds me of a bunch of Hetalia nations&#8230; but he&#8217;s unique enough and I&#8217;m growing to like him. I like the tone of this manga, it&#8217;s so calm; and I&#8217;m really looking forward to the development of Seiji&#8217;s character. The introduction of nearly the whole cast (referring to the title spread) might have been a <em>bit</em> too much, but the chapter length was adequate and I think it really emphasizes their closeness on this island. ♥</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;">Anything that uses Himaruya&#8217;s art is going to remind me of Hetalia ffff. Seiji kinda reminds me of Nihon, but the more I read the more I see he&#8217;s different. Such a cutie. >w< And he lives on Alfred's ahoge hurrhurr /yeahI'mgoingtomakealotofAPHreferences. Artist's block, don't I know that feeling too xD</span></p>
<hr /><center><font face="Century Gothic" size="3">【Chapter 2】Clear, I stocked up on paints while I was out.</font></center><br />
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 581px"><img title="CSD3" src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/Chibisan%20Date/CSD3.png" alt="In which Honorat channels Francis, and the boys bond a bit more." width="571" height="411" /><p class="wp-caption-text">In which Honorat channels Francis, and the boys bond a bit more.</p></div></p>
<p><a style="display:none;" id="ddetlink1405286056" href="javascript:expand(document.getElementById('ddet1405286056'))">Summary ;; Do artistic minds think alike?</a>
<div class="ddet_div" id="ddet1405286056"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">expand(document.getElementById('ddet1405286056'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink1405286056'))</script>Seiji <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">has a date</span> is hanging out with Fischer, who takes him to see someone &#8220;weird&#8221; named Honorat; he&#8217;s also an artist, and hopefully Seiji will find some inspiration in this quite artistic home.</p>
<p>Interestingly, Seiji mentions that he was once at Glasgow, which is in the UK. Hmm, I&#8217;d like to know more about Seiji&#8217;s past but I suppose that&#8217;s for another time. :)</p>
<p>He&#8217;s invited into the studio, where Honorat reminds us of France but with clothes on. On a more serious note, Seiji receives some advice (love!) which will probably be beneficial for him later on. Fight-o!</p>
<p>And Seiji forgot the onions he was asked to buy. Tsktsk :P</div></p>
<p><span style="color:#00a382;">Uhm it might just my Hetalia-corrupt mind, but about Seiji moving countries, USUK anyone? <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">/shottt</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;">Ohohoh Kyfni. Thank you for giving me reasons to ship even though they&#8217;re not even in this XD</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#00a382;">Anyways, I find it really sweet what Fischer&#8217;s doing for him, and I really hope Seiji finds his muse. (Maybe it&#8217;ll come in the form of a person? <small>That&#8217;s just the fangirl begging for romance, ignore her. -w-</small>)</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><small>Well, romance would be s-s-so cute ;w;</small> This story just like, radiates sweetness. :3</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#00a382;">B-but just imagine, Seiji might have a British accent&#8230; *instant fan!*</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;">Hosnap that would be epic win. *A* Well if he grew up there, then&#8230; C: We&#8217;ll see I guess. xD</span></p>
<hr /><center><font face="Century Gothic" size="3">【Chapter 3】Today I made cookies and tried my hardest. Just one more.</font></center><br />
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 581px"><img title="CSD4" src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/Chibisan%20Date/CSD4.png" alt="Seiji reads Margarets exchange diary and finds a little bit more about his lady friend, including what might be a confession?" width="571" height="411" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Seiji reads Margaret&#39;s exchange diary and finds a little bit more about his lady friend, including what might be a confession?</p></div></p>
<p><a style="display:none;" id="ddetlink1503728412" href="javascript:expand(document.getElementById('ddet1503728412'))">Summary ;; Seiji and Margaret are love ♥♥</a>
<div class="ddet_div" id="ddet1503728412"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">expand(document.getElementById('ddet1503728412'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink1503728412'))</script>Margaret Baker finally gets the spotlight, who seems to be introducing herself to an unknown girl with pigtails (*points at cast picture* I&#8217;m assuming the Seychelles lookalike?). That&#8217;s what it seems to be, but Seiji&#8217;s the one reading about it?!</p>
<p>She&#8217;s brought him her exchange diary with the girl, saying that she never introduced herself three years ago when they met. She then offers him cookies that she baked at the beginning of the chapter (though she remarks that &#8220;they weren&#8217;t good&#8221; aww).</p>
<p>Her backstory is that she was born in Boston, and her father was a shipbuilder. They came to Nantucket shortly after, and has a sister (not sure if they&#8217;re twins, though). She&#8217;s also an artist, but a different kind: an aspiring novelist!</p>
<p>The interview / reading continues after Seiji eats some cookies, which he confesses weren&#8217;t great. She&#8217;s unaffected though, and it seems neither of them can cook anyways. xD</p>
<p>Margaret has someone she loves! She describes him as not really tall, more cute than cool and kind at heart. He made her heart pound at the first meeting (dokidoki~), and took an interest in him from that point on.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s a bit of an age difference, since he&#8217;s a working adult but they look about the same age. All the evidence after that points to Seiji, who lives in a loft and helps the man who makes pottery (Suehiro-san). He also draws and worries a lot. Then she talks about why she loves him, mainly because talking and being with him makes her happy.</p>
<p>Remember though, Seiji was the one reading this~ and he&#8217;s told to &#8220;interpret it however [he] wants.&#8221; He has to leave because of work, and she promises to make better cookies next time which he&#8217;ll be looking forward to. :D</p>
<p>At home, Margaret (nicknamed &#8216;Meg&#8217;) is baking cookies again, and this time she actually follows her sister&#8217;s instructions, so they taste good~ hurry up and get them to Seichii and cheer him up!  &gt;w&lt;</div></p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 581px"><img title="CSD5" src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/Chibisan%20Date/CSD5.png" alt="Seiji doesnt have any questions to ask at the moment, hm~? And the diarys written in English!" width="571" height="411" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Seiji doesn&#39;t have any questions to ask at the moment, hm~? And the diary&#39;s written in English!</p></div>
<p><span style="color:#00a382;">My OTP. I love this romance already, it&#8217;s so very peaceful~ and you can tell she really likes him even though he doesn&#8217;t know it (yet). Their interaction is really nice too because their contrasting personalities are evident~ maybe she&#8217;s the muse he&#8217;s looking for! Hope we&#8217;ll get to see more development, &#8217;cause that would be lovely.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;">Oh gosh, the cuteness it KILLS. So sweet. ;w; Margaret&#8217;s such a sweetie lol. The easiest way to a man&#8217;s heart is through his stomach. 8D</span> <span style="color:#00a382;"><small>LOL I agree.</small></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;">And I love that the diary is in English. Takes place here in America, so it makes sense yay~ I half expected it to be scribbled or in Japanese xD</span></p>
<hr /><center><font face="Century Gothic" size="3">【Chapter 3.5】Extra 1</font></center><br />
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 581px"><img title="CSD6" src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/Chibisan%20Date/CSD6.png" alt="Seichii is cute, cute~" width="571" height="411" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Seichii is cute, cute~</p></div></p>
<p><a style="display:none;" id="ddetlink548464927" href="javascript:expand(document.getElementById('ddet548464927'))">Summary ;; Hair musings</a>
<div class="ddet_div" id="ddet548464927"><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">expand(document.getElementById('ddet548464927'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink548464927'))</script> A short, four-page extra about Seiji musing about his hair. He says it&#8217;s too unkempt for drawing, and decides to grow out his hair like Fischer; until then though, he&#8217;ll wear a bandana. Remind you of anyone?</div></p>
<p><span style="color:#00a382;">Chibitalia~! Again! I&#8217;m loving all these APH references. But nyuu, don&#8217;t do it Seiji—I like your hair as-is. ;A; And efff lol, he&#8217;s waaay too adorable. *h-huggles*</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;">alskdj;alsdkfjs;foishgsk HE&#8217;S SO CUTE. ;A; -also hugs him-</span><br />
<span style="color: #800080;"><small>Kyfni you think our husbands might get a little weirded out by this post, maybe. XD</span><br />
<span style="color:#00a382;">No worries they&#8217;ll never see~ plus they have each other still <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/kao_wink.gif' alt=':kao_wink:' class='wp-smiley' /> </small></span></p>
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		<title>Axis Powers Hetalia 49; NIHON I LOVE YOU</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kagami</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because Kagamin couldn&#8217;t resist making a post. She&#8217;s spazzing and dying right now, so please be warned she&#8217;s crazy.
Also, Nihon screenshot-spam. And the screenshots are raw and fail quality. XD
Luckily, my knowledge of Japanese allowed me to understand like, a tinyyy bit of what was going on. So yeah. Don&#8217;t laugh if my interpretations are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Because Kagamin couldn&#8217;t resist making a post. She&#8217;s spazzing and dying right now, so please be warned she&#8217;s crazy.<br />
Also, Nihon screenshot-spam. And the screenshots are raw and fail quality. XD</p>
<p>Luckily, my knowledge of Japanese allowed me to understand like, a tinyyy bit of what was going on. So yeah. Don&#8217;t laugh if my interpretations are wrong. XD</p>
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<p>My overall impression of this episode: TOTALLY LULZY LIEK OMG AHAHAHHA</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 484px"><img class="    " src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/APH/aph49a.png" alt="Nihon why so cute" width="474" height="266" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Nihon why so cute</p></div>
<p>So yeah, Nihon has to like shadow France around or something, idk lol</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 484px"><img class="  " src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/APH/aph49b.png" alt="Lol for once he doesnt creep me out" width="474" height="267" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Lol for once he doesn&#39;t creep me out</p></div>
<p>But it&#8217;s funny. France does that shiney-flower kisu thing where girls go kya, and Nihon tries it too. C:</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 484px"><img class="  " src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/APH/aph49c.png" alt="I dont know whether to laugh or facepalm. XD" width="474" height="266" /><p class="wp-caption-text">I don&#39;t know whether to laugh or facepalm. XD</p></div>
<p>BUT. ASLJDKF;LSKDJFEOI;;;;;;;;;;</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 485px"><img class="  " src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/APH/aph49d.png" alt="commence Kagamin dying in 3..." width="475" height="268" /><p class="wp-caption-text">commence Kagamin dying in 3...</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 484px"><img class="  " src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/APH/aph49e.png" alt="2...." width="474" height="267" /><p class="wp-caption-text">2....</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 482px"><img class="  " src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/APH/aph49f.png" alt="/faints" width="472" height="267" /><p class="wp-caption-text">/faints</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 484px"><img class="  " src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/APH/aph49g.png" alt="Eh? Did I hear a sqeal and then something hitting the ground? " width="474" height="266" /><p class="wp-caption-text">&quot;Eh? Did I hear a squeal and then something hitting the ground?&quot; </p></div>
<p>/brb dead.<br />
SO ANYWAYS~ Uhm, France notices Japan copying him, then tries to do the old &#8220;Furansu-niichan is amazing and blahblah&#8221; but Japan says like 4 words then notices. xD I lol&#8217;d at the sfx.</p>
<p>Yeah, then it moves on to some scene I didn&#8217;t get, BUT!</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 486px"><img class="  " src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/APH/aph49h.png" alt="ISNT HE JUST SO CUTE OMG." width="476" height="265" /><p class="wp-caption-text">ISN&#39;T HE JUST SO CUTE OMG.</p></div>
<p>He looks like a Japanese schoolboy. So cute. XD<br />
Scene cut to Canada [da yo]~! Being the normal and wondering how he can find a way to stand out. -w-</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 482px"><img class="  " src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/APH/aph49i.png" alt="Kumatan so cute. ;w;" width="472" height="264" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Kumatan so cute. ;w;</p></div>
<p>And he comes up with something&#8230;</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 484px"><img class="   " src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/APH/aph49j.png" alt="THE MOE HAS IDEA OWO" width="474" height="267" /><p class="wp-caption-text">THE MOE HAS IDEA OWO</p></div>
<p>Dun dun duuuun. It&#8217;s putting a maple leaf sticker on his forehead. XD</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 482px"><img class="  " src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/APH/aph49k.png" alt="Look Alfred arent I a genius ^o^" width="472" height="266" /><p class="wp-caption-text">&quot;Look Alfred aren&#39;t I a genius ^o^&quot;</p></div>
<p>Lol so cute, Matthew. But America has other ideas. =w=</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 482px"><img class="  " src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/APH/aph49l.png" alt="*SMACK*" width="472" height="251" /><p class="wp-caption-text">*SMACK*</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 481px"><img class="  " src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/APH/aph49m.png" alt="" width="471" height="265" /><p class="wp-caption-text">I apologize in advance about my country&#39;s actions towards Canada. :&#39;D</p></div>
<p>Alfred I love you. xD<br />
Cue ending theme, America&#8217;s version lol. Then some stuff afterwards&#8230;</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 482px"><img class=" " src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/APH/aph49n.png" alt="" width="472" height="267" /><p class="wp-caption-text">ALFRED Y SO CUTE OMG</p></div>
<p>Ahaha, gawd I love him.</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 482px"><img class=" " src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/APH/aph49o.png" alt="" width="472" height="267" /><p class="wp-caption-text">And nao have some Nihon before you go lolol</p></div>
<p>Woot. So yeah. I liked this episode. Very much. XD</p>
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		<title>( Gakuen Alice ) 123; at a glance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyfni</dc:creator>
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I quickly merged the colour spread, and let me say this from an editor&#8217;s perspective: despite the two sides actually matching up, the quality was&#8230; atrocious to work with.
Still though, lovely chapter. Thanks to raw-paradise for the scans! Won&#8217;t even attempt to translate this time (except once&#8230;), much too wordy. Just cleaned up some scans [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><center><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 556px"><img alt="Fate seems to be quite a predominant theme, and these red strings really tie things up. */shot*" src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/Gakuen%20Alice/GA123-1.png" title="GA123-1" width="546" height="400" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Fate seems to be quite a predominant theme, and these red strings really tie things up */shot*</p></div></center></p>
<p>I quickly merged the colour spread, and let me say this from an editor&#8217;s perspective: despite the two sides actually matching up, the quality was&#8230; atrocious to work with.</p>
<p>Still though, lovely chapter. Thanks to raw-paradise for the scans! Won&#8217;t even attempt to translate this time (except once&#8230;), much too wordy. Just cleaned up some scans to make this post sparkle. <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/kao_wink.gif' alt=':kao_wink:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><span id="more-1844"></span><span style="color:#00a382;">We ended off last time with the news of Kaoru&#8217;s death, which visibly shocks everyone. I have never seen Natsume this sad ;~;</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#00a382;">There&#8217;s a ton of dialogue next, between Yuka and who I suppose is some important figure in &#8216;Z&#8217; but I&#8217;ll leave my analysis of that for after the scanlation comes out. <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/kao_cool.gif' alt=':kao_cool:' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#00a382;">The bottom line though, is that Yuka is more determined than ever (probably to fix things and end the Elementary School Principal&#8217;s reign of&#8230; clones). Followed by a touching moment of YukaxShiki and flashbacks of everyone. >A<</span></p>
<p><center><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 556px"><img alt="I have a feeling that we probably won't see some of these faces for a while..." src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/Gakuen%20Alice/GA123-2.png" title="GA123-2" width="546" height="400" /><p class="wp-caption-text">I have a feeling that we probably won't see some of these faces for a while... &gt;A&lt;</p></div></center></p>
<p><span style="color:#00a382;">Here&#8217;s the heartwarming moment of this chapter: following Tono&#8217;s lead, everyone gives Mikan their Alice stone to protect her. Aww~ and Natsume finally tells her (in his indirect way) that the Alice stone she received on her birthday was from him. s2 I love this scene!</span></p>
<p><center><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 556px"><img alt="Mikan gets a kiss from Tsubasa, no fair! Even if just a peck... and theyre all so sweet." src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/Gakuen%20Alice/GA123-3.png" title="GA123-3" width="546" height="400" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Mikan gets a kiss from Tsubasa, no fair! Even if just a peck... anyways, they're all so sweet! Fwaah~ I honestly want more NatsumexMikan, so I hope he goes with her or something...!</p></div></center></p>
<p><span style="color:#00a382;">Back at the High School Principal&#8217;s office, however&#8230; there&#8217;s nothing there except a mess of papers and broken glass. Pretty much official conclusion to the flashback arc.</span></p>
<p><center><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 556px"><img alt="When will be the next time we see them all together?" src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/Gakuen%20Alice/GA123-4.png" title="GA123-4" width="546" height="400" /><p class="wp-caption-text">They are so supportive, it's incredibly touching~ in contrast, the right scene is quite eerie...</p></div></center></p>
<p><span style="color:#00a382;">These past few chapters have really portrayed the seriousness of their situation quite well; namely, that of children caught up in the affairs of adults. Maybe they&#8217;re a bit mature for their age, but to be honest, the fact that they&#8217;re 10-11 years old flies out of my head when I&#8217;m reading this (not necessarily a bad thing). I&#8217;m guessing that this exactly what Yuka feared: that their brief reunion would be their last. But if Yuka&#8217;s no longer here, then what about Mikan&#8217;s choice?</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#00a382;">I&#8217;m not sure, but the scene doesn&#8217;t seem to be one where a major struggle occured. They either ran away, or they were captured; I&#8217;m doubting any deaths at the moment, but&#8230; welcome to the world of Alices. *shivers*</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#00a382;">Next chapter out on December 5th; so far away! ;A;</span></p>
<p><small>Plug (again): I&#8217;m scanlating the &#8220;prohibited questions&#8221; pages of the Gakuen Alice art fanbook <a  href="http://kyfni.livejournal.com/120834.html" target="_blank">here</a> so please enjoy them~ latest is Natsume; confessions (or not) of a tsundere. <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/kao_blush.gif' alt=':kao_blush:' class='wp-smiley' /> </small></p>
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		<title>FMABrotherhood ~  ♥ // new member?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lennie</dc:creator>
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こにちわ, Folks~ My name is Lennie and I’m a new member of Kuchi-Makase, this is my first post here, and my profile can be seen in the ABOUT section. I’ve known the rest of KM for a while so here I am.   
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<p><span style="color: #888888;">こにちわ, Folks~ My name is Lennie and I’m a new member of Kuchi-Makase, this is my first post here, and my profile can be seen in the ABOUT section. I’ve known the rest of KM for a while so here I am.  <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/kao_yes.gif' alt=':kao_yes:' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #888888;"> And a little warning, I know a lot of spoilers, if I let one slip, sorry.  <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/kao_sweat.gif' alt=':kao_sweat:' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #888888;">FULL METAL ALCHEMIST BROTHERHOOD 14 <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/heart_bounce.gif' alt=':heart:' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #f76363;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #888888;">Those Who Lurk Below </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><em><span style="color: #888888;">contains spoilers</span></em></span></span></strong></span></p>
<p><span id="more-1782"></span><span style="color: #f76363;"><span style="color: #888888;">Effu, I have to say Brotherhood is WAY better than the old FMA anime.  <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/kao_blush.gif' alt=':kao_blush:' class='wp-smiley' />  It&#8217;s alot more exciting and condensed, compared to the first anime. (BTW the opening to this anime is amazing, it&#8217;s by YUI, called Again.)</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; "><span style="color: #f76363;"><span style="color: #888888;">SO, it starts of with Greed fighting Izumi Curtis and Edward. It turns out the military has come to the Devil&#8217;s Nest where all the chimeras that Greed created live. I&#8217;ll fill you in a little, Greed wants to know the secret to human transmutation so he captured Al and Ed&#8230; </span></span></p>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><span style="color: #888888;"><img src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/Picture3.png" alt="WTF, = o = Whats the top man of the country doing so far away from Central, looking for little Ed and Al? IM SUSPICIOUS." width="400" height="298" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text">WTF, = o = What&#39;s the top man of the country doing so far away from Central, looking for little Ed and Al? IM SUSPICIOUS.</p></div>
<p><span style="color: #888888;">So, the secret to his little evil eyepatch will be revealed today. Greed is fighting Izumi Curtis and Ed, but he then runs away. Ed can&#8217;t run after him because Izumi has another vomit fit. XD (She lost alot of her internal organs from human transmutation.)  <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/kao_lol.gif' alt=':kao_lol:' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 425px"><span style="color: #888888;"><img src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/Picture4.png" alt="*BARF* LMAO... ;D I shouldnt be laughing should I..." width="415" height="309" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text">*BARF* LMAO... ;D I shouldn&#39;t be laughing should I...</p></div>
<p><span style="color: #888888;">Also, Armstrong is fighting the Cow Chimera guy, and he seems to be turning everything he hits into his little faces&#8230; (screenshotbelow) WTFBBQ BUT STILL LMFAO, and as usual his shirt is ripped open. Greed runs to the sewers and meets Al, but before he can do anything to him, (snake chimera girl is still in Al&#8217;s armor) GUESS WHO SHOWS UP. KINGU BRADULEE,  <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/kao_cheering.gif' alt=':kao_cheering:' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #888888;">OKAY, SO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIGHT with Greed and Bradley, Furher&#8217;s eyepatch gets knocked off into the water, but he&#8217;s still squinting so you can&#8217;t see what&#8217;s behind his eye&#8230; But he seems to be doing </span><strong><span style="color: #888888;">huge</span></strong><span style="color: #888888;"> damage to Greed and his </span><strong><span style="color: #888888;">SPEED IS SO EFFING SCARY. =  o = ;;</span></strong><span style="color: #888888;"> Why is this? He finally opens his left eye&#8230;</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #888888;">HE&#8217;S A FREAKING HOMUNCULI?!?! WHUT T^T</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #f76363;"><span style="color: #888888;">I was just as confused as you, but I&#8217;ll let you in a little secret if you&#8217;re still hungry&#8230; Highlight the text after this &#8212;&gt; </span><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #ffffff;">The government had been working to create a homunculi to be the next Furher of Amestris. Bradley was the only one that survived, and he can still age&#8230; So now he&#8217;s &#8220;king&#8221;</span><span style="color: #888888;">. </span></span><span style="color: #f45f5c;"><span style="color: #888888;">Like WTF. So he defeats Greed and knocks him out, mean while, Dog and Cow chimera (who has escaped Armstrong) come running to save Greed, and they tell Al to take care of the Snake girl. Not surprisingly, they get  <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/kao_cool.gif' alt=':kao_cool:' class='wp-smiley' />  KEEELED. :D So then Snake girl tries to control Al and tries to kill Bradley, but Bradley sticks his sword from the top hole of Al&#8217;s armor and stabs the girl to death. Alphonse gets </span><em><span style="color: #888888;">blood splattered on his seal in the armor </span></em><span style="color: #888888;"> and starts remembering opening the Gates of Truth when he preformed human transmutation.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #f45f5c;"><span style="color: #888888;">He starts telling Ed about this, and we approach the end of the episode, and they STILL DON&#8217;T KNOW that </span><strong><span style="color: #888888;">effing King Bradley </span></strong><span style="color: #888888;">is a homunculi. (Don&#8217;t worry, they find out eventually :D)</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #f45f5c;"><span style="color: #888888;">I know, pretty speechless. Next thing you know, you discover that </span><span style="text-decoration: line-through;"><span style="color: #888888;">the whole nation is being controlled by&#8230;</span></span><span style="color: #888888;"> :D Not telling. JUST KEEP WATCHING! RIEOFKDSMEIRG</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #888888;">&#8211; Lennie</span></p>
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		<title>( Gakuen Alice ) 122; teaser</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyfni</dc:creator>
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My impressions/interpretation of the chapter, based on raws and minimal understanding of kanji. (I&#8217;ll probably revise the post when the actual scanlations come out.)
Disclaimer: I can&#8217;t read Japanese; I just wanted to edit the scans but empty speech bubbles don&#8217;t look nice&#8211; online translators are (kind of) my friends.  Never mind that. I need [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><center><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 279px"><img alt="Yuka looks so sad. ;~;" src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/Gakuen%20Alice/GA122-1.png" title="Gakuen Alice 122 - Cover" width="269" height="400" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Yuka looks so sad. ;~;</p></div></center></p>
<p>My impressions/interpretation of the chapter, based on raws and minimal understanding of kanji. <strike>(I&#8217;ll probably revise the post when the actual scanlations come out.)</strike></p>
<p><strong>Disclaimer:</strong> I can&#8217;t read Japanese; I just wanted to edit the scans but empty speech bubbles don&#8217;t look nice&#8211; online translators are (kind of) my friends. <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/kao_happy.gif' alt=':kao_happy:' class='wp-smiley' /> <span style="color:#00a382;">Never mind that. I need to learn Japanese lol. <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/kao_sweat.gif' alt=':kao_sweat:' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
<p><span id="more-1770"></span><center><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 544px"><img alt="Their friendship is so lovely~ and Natsume needs a hug!" src="http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/kuchimakase/Gakuen%20Alice/GA122-2.png" title="Gakuen Alice 122 - pages 5&#038;8" width="534" height="400" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Their friendship is so lovely~ and Natsume needs a hug!</p></div></center></p>
<p><span style="color:#00a382;">Woot! Only one speech bubble was totally off. That&#8217;s nothing to be proud of, but still! \^^/ Also, I just realized the &#8216;Hotaru&#8217; page was part of a spread I would&#8217;ve loved to fix. Ah well, next time. <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/kao_mouth_shut.gif' alt=':kao_mouth_shut:' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
<p>The whole gang watches on as Mikan continues to cry, having made her decision to leave the Academy with her mother just moments before. They all look pretty distressed as Hotaru smiles through her tears and talks to Mikan; likely words of encouragement and friendship. <span style="color:#00a382;">Yup, they&#8217;ll meet again because everyone believes in her. I LOVE THEM. Are they really just 10-11?</span> The cheesiness I&#8217;m assuming only breaks my heart even more~ <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/kao_sad.gif' alt=':kao_sad:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Mikan finally turns her attention on everyone else (being Tsubasa, Nodacchi, Tono, Nobara, Ruka and Natsume) and they&#8217;re pretty much all on the verge of tears&#8211; sympathizing and agreeing with her decision. Yes&#8230; even Natsume. He turns away, and she can only remember his words as they ran away; namely his wish to be strong enough to protect her. <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/kao_cry.gif' alt=':kao_cry:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>We&#8217;re not free from the flashbacks yet, either; as hinted in a flashback earlier on, it&#8217;s Shiki who finds Yuka in the snow. <span style="color:#00a382;">Clearly, Yuka loves Mikan so, so much. Waaah why&#8217;d they have to part~?</span> Even though I love Yukihara and Yuka, the feelings that Shiki has are just so sweet. s2 <span style="color:#00a382;">With the dialogue, his words to Yuka&#8211; so much sweeter. ;u;</span></p>
<p>The next part is pretty wordy, so I couldn&#8217;t follow it as well. <img src='http://kuchimakase.cielle.org/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/kao/kao_mouth_shut.gif' alt=':kao_mouth_shut:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Yuka and Shiki are fighting against the Elementary School Principal, and it&#8217;s shown in a scene where she steals an Alice stone from who I suppose is a clone. <span style="color:#00a382;">Turns out they were pretty much invincible &#8217;cause of their alices, as well as with Kaoru&#8217;s help. Woot!</span> Nodacchi draws the attention back on Kaoru (Natsume&#8217;s mother) and soon afterwards, Shiki gives Yuka the dreadful news <span style="color:#00a382;">(the dreadful news was actually that the boss of &#8220;Z&#8221; was a clone of the Elementary School Principal; the result of this finding was seen in the series itself). Afterwards, Yuka pleads Shiki to tell senpai to stop involving herself with such dangerous matters because she has a family; and we see something that&#8217;s happening in time with current events:</span> Kaoru was being chased on the road, and very likely got hit by a truck. I know the whole incident points to her death but&#8230; I think there&#8217;s some fragile hope in me that she survived somehow and has been in hiding all this time.</p>
<p>This should more or less complete the flashback arc; unless Tachibana has more surprises and revelations in store. To be honest, I wouldn&#8217;t mind; I like seeing how the past was like. Besides, it delays the farewell between Mikan and Natsume, right&#8230;? >A<</p>
<p>Though I'm wondering if it's just a mislead when Yuka says that she feels like she'll never see her daughter again back at the beginning of the flashback arc. Maybe it's more like... Mikan will be a different person, and regard her mother differently with her knowledge of the past? I'm going for the happy ending here-- her father's death was tragic enough already. ):</p>
<p>ETA: <span style="color:#00a382;">Shameless plug! I&#8217;m scanlating the &#8220;prohibited questions&#8221; pages from the GA art fanbook; check them out <a  href="http://kyfni.livejournal.com/120834.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Theoretically updated weekly; unless real life gets in the way, of course. (:</span></p>
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		<title>Anime in Youtubeland~ (Babbles)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kagami</dc:creator>
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Let&#8217;s start off with some actual anime-related things. owob
I got on my Youtube account after ditching it for like a couple [...]]]></description>
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<p>Not much to this post except for some awesome videos I happened to find on Youtube. While I love Nico and it&#8217;s highquality fastloading glory, I&#8217;ll face it. I know very very little Japanese. OTL</p>
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<p>Let&#8217;s start off with some actual anime-related things. owob<br />
I got on my Youtube account after ditching it for like a couple months, and looked at my subscriptions.<br />
I found a couple interesting things. :D</p>
<p>First and my favorite&#8230; SUPER DRIVER. Gawd I love this song. It&#8217;s so energetic and happy and everywhere and it makes me want to get up and RUN OR BOUNCE AROUND. And being the lazy person I am, that&#8217;s a first. :3 I thought the Japanese version was awesome, but then I heard Cristina Vee&#8217;s english fandub. I about exploded and died. :D</p>
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<p>CRISTINA YOU ARE FREAKING MADE OF AWESOMESAUCE AND AMAZINGCAKES. *A*<br />
Yeah I know some people don&#8217;t like her, but I do. Her voice is happy and strong without being overly annoying or empowering. ^^</p>
<p>She also made a Don&#8217;t Say Lazy dub, but I still like the Super Driver one better. Then again, I may be biased&#8230;</p>
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<p>I also found a remix of Super Driver, which I am downloading at this moment. :3</p>
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<p>I&#8217;ll admit the beginning is annoying with all its &#8220;I SAY I SAY I SAY I SAY&#8221;, but I can easily clip that out. =3=<br />
Even as a remix, I want to get up AND MOVE, SRSLY. I love this song. ;w;</p>
<p>Now, for some Vocaloid I am quite proud of myself for doing. Yeah that&#8217;s right, I mixed these right here. C:&lt;<br />
I downloaded Asami Shimoda&#8217;s Prism album recently, and her covers are so pretty. *3* So being the nerd I am, I mixed one of them with Rin&#8217;s original ones.<br />
Both videos are &#8220;Kokoro&#8221;, but they&#8217;re different. First is a double version, with both Rin &amp; Asami singing at the same time.</p>
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<p>Asami&#8217;s voice is so moe sldfj;skf.<br />
Okay next, I saw it as a suggestion on Youtube. Rin&#8217;s voice until she optains Kokoro, then it swtiches to Asami&#8217;s. I think I did quite well, I&#8217;m proud of myself for actually getting a PV instead of using pictures like I usually do. And getting the video to work in WMM was haaarrrddd. D:</p>
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<p>And yes, I had to lower the pitch of Rin&#8217;s, because Asami&#8217;s was a different [lower] key than hers. Goes to show that Vocaloids and humans are definitely not the same. xD Both have their strengths and weaknesses. :3</p>
<p>On a random Hetalia-based note, the cover preview for America&#8217;s character CD cover is out.</p>
<p><center><img src="http://i34.tinypic.com/2hrhnvn.jpg"></center><br />
Isn&#8217;t he cute? ;w; *hugs him for the 874546576845th time*<br />
I will make this a poster if it&#8217;s the last thing I do. >C<br />
&#8230;hngh I am slowly realizing my fangirly joy is moving from Kiku to Alfred. ACK NO MUST KEEP THEM EQUAL</p>
<p>Oh, there&#8217;s also his song preview somewhere, but I&#8217;d rather not go into that. |D<br />
He raps at one point. Let&#8217;s leave it at that. />w>/</p>
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