What a horrible horrible filler that was. It looks like they’re going to try and merge the Yako’s dad murder thing with Sai, but I don’t know if they will handle the Sai arc the way the manga did. They threw Yako into another country and just when she was about to be shot by 4 guys, Tuxedo Neuro shows up and blasts them off again! (+2 points if you get the anime I am referencing in that sentence.) I really couldn’t watch it the moment I saw Yako’s mom following a bunch of women in prison. My forehead was also having lunch with my desk the moment they said that Yako’s father was involved with this “witch” bullcrap that they’ve inserted into this arc.

Also, while I am a NeuYako fan, Neuro’s randomly inserted kindness to Yako is kinda weird.

So in light of gia’s post on mixi, she recommended a site where users can type entries in the language they’re studying and those whose native language this is, can correct the user. The site is called Lang-8. This is actually a really great feature, almost like open source, where everyone helps everyone else. This is also the best way to practice, instead of sitting in class and zoning out while your teacher tells you how to say “I want 3 pencils” 20 times. I really want to start using it and I hope someone will come around and correct me because I haven’t really done any “studying progress” for a while (and watching anime/drama doesn’t count )

If you decide to join my nickname on there is the usual Hinano. On that note, if anyone out there is studying Russian I can probably help you out as well.