Well it’s been a while but I actually liked this week’s episode! I quite enjoyed the Kei x Hikariness and having her blushing over the fact that Kei may like her. I also love Yahiro’s seiyuu. He’s voiced all those hot guys in my otome games….I heard him moaning!! LOL. Although I have to admit his happy voice is a little different from his usual “ronery emo bishie” voice (but it does come out through some of his lines since Yahiro is a pretty twisted character in general.) I know some readers here like Yahiro and Akira but I kinda like Akira paired up with Tadashi…and that’s what we’re gonna see next week. (Yahiro should just get with Megumi anyway >_>;)

Well what can I say I can’t even remember this arc in the manga…I was getting it jumbled up with another arc from like volume 7 and I know this is gotta be somewhere in the beginning. I’m having trouble recalling if there was a “massive ice cream scoop cone” vs “Hikari juggling 3 massive cotton candy sticks” scene though..that was kinda weird. Also I don’t know but for some reason the characters’ faces get more and more square every week. Maybe it’s my imagination I dunno. At least this week no one’s voice really bothered me. Next week they’re gonna introduce what’s his face, the one Megumi likes. Let’s all pray that his voice doesn’t pop our eardrums.

I think Special A deserves the award for “worst casting of the year”. I mean what the hell were they thinking when they used a high pitched female voice for Kei’s dad?? I mean I know he’s kinda girly but there’s plenty of guys they could have used (such as the cast of Junjou Romantica) that could have fit into the role just as well. But no, they pick a girl, and not a good male voice girl like Paku Romi, some high pitched girl who should be voicing someone from Di Gi Charat Nyo. At least Sui’s voice was tollerable. Continue Reading »

Ah the famous episode of Hikari and her iron onigiri. She gives the real meaning to “iron chef” as all her food ends up like a rock. I’m slowly starting to get used to Yuko Goto’s voice now and I actually found it amusing that during the imagination scene of the Kaichou she sounded like Mikuru-chan ^^;. Only thing that’s been bugging me more than ever is the character designs all of a sudden. I dunno what it is, but all of a sudden I’m like “wtf is with that long face? omg wtf nose?” Also my favorite scene was when Megumi’s notepad said “HELP” on it I’m just finding myself impatient like I was during the first couple manga volumes until Hikari finally “saw the light”.

Upcoming Attractions: I believe Hikari gets to meet Kei’s dad & shota brother.

This episode basically covered chapter 5 of the manga. In regards to the beginning part with the re-introduction of the characters - it’s something they did in the manga for the first couple of chapters. It’s kinda of annoying though in the anime since like “yes we know who they are and no we don’t care what place they’re in other than Kei and Hikari’s 1/2″. I hope the anime doesn’t follow suit and keep doing the character introduction thing for the next few episodes. Continue Reading »

I wasn’t really gonna do this since many people are really behind, but since someone asked here’s a brief review. For some strange reason the volume started out completely disconnected from the ending of Volume 11. For a while I felt like I was reading the wrong thing. I kept thinking “is this really vol. 12? Did I skip something…?” But lo and behold they didn’t “connect” the plot until midway through so I guess I have to give this one a thumbs down. One thing that really bugs me are chapters about sports competitions. I think they work better in anime format, but in manga format they often really bore me. I had to deal with this while reading Ouran and Kaichou wa Meido-sama as well. Continue Reading »

As I mentioned before I’d be picking up Special A. It’s supposed to air on Sundays but the raw was missing in action. Hopefully next week I can blog it on time so my Mondays aren’t so crowded. So anyway let’s start with the character designs…yes those legs are really long. I mean I know they were pretty thin in the manga, but for some reason in the anime they just seem over exaggerated? It looks like Hikari is walking on a pair of stilts in some of the scenes. Continue Reading »