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Ty on SI is collaborating with me to create a new website. I'm creating the front page right now. It's called Death Brawls Prime as I believe and it's the website to go with our forum. Once I find a good theme to go with it, I'll get it set up. That means I'll be busy as hell.

In other nonchalant news, I've gotten a new haircut, once I get a decent picture, I'll put it up.

I just started listening to a bit of JPOP after watching a few AMVs. I was watching a Naruto AMV with the song 'Game' by Ayumi Hamasaki, it's quite addicting.

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In another 4 weeks, schools will be flooded with students. Morning traffic will worsen once again due to the sudden number of big yellow school buses teaming the streets. But this year will not be the same for me. Instead of waking up at 5AM to catch a bus that doesn't even stop at my house, I can wake up at 7 for a bus that comes to my house at 7.45AM. THANK GOD for public school. I can finally rest in peace. I can go to sleep at 10 knowing I'll have 9 hours of sleep.

But as summer is ending, so is my time as a middle-school student. I'll be propelled into a sea of high-school students, where the only thing that differentiates me is my age. And by 1 year no less. I'll be behind everybody but ahead of them at the same time. The scary demon of a school year is also my salvation from private school hell. The contrasts are abundant, but they also make up what I'll be seeing and experiencing. I don't know what to do. But then again, I know what exactly I should do.

Due to a faulty mod control for the prizes in our competitions, Shonen Island has moved to an IPB board located here. Since this happened only recently the site is still under construction, but we are accepting new members. But do not be surprised of frequent changes of templates, icons, etc. Any help would be appreciated.

I've also switched up the link at top.

Okay, not so breaking. Just call me slow, but I went back to doing research on Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna and when it'll come out. Turns out, just a little snooping, will help ya find a lot.

Here's the Yen Press Site. I'll link it up at top, too.

SPIRAL: The Bonds of Reasoning, Vol. 1

Story by Kyo Shirodaira | October 2007 | ISBN: 978-0-7595-2341-8 (0-7595-2341-X) | $10.99 ($13.99) | 5" x 7 1/2" | 192 pages | Teen

That's for the first volume only. They had a second volume information too.

Spiral Vol 2 | January 2008 | ISBN: 978-0-7595-2407-1 (0-7595-2407-6) | $10.99 ($13.99)

By the looks of that, it seems the books will come out every 3~4 months. That's okay, but since I've watched the anime, I'm dying to know what happens after that storyline [which is like book 4 or something, I think] It'll be years til I'm okay with the story. It's kinda like Fruits Basket. Except I'm hoping Yen Press will have better quality. 'Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning' is a good translation of it. The anime was called Spiral: The Melody of Logic. They're both good, but the anime never answers the unanswered questions.... WAHH~~!! Finally, though, the manga has been licensed and will finally come out.

My-Otome Episode 1 Review

Well, I finally saw episode 1 of My-Otome. It was, to say the least, quite interesting. I'm a big fan of the original series, and as so, I am pretty judgmental on these sort of things [adaptions of the original work]. First thing I have to say is that the voices were pretty good. Arika was as annoying as ever, Nina was as indifferent as ever, and Sergey was.... absolutely perfect. He sounded exactly like the original seiyuu, which was weird, since that doesn't occur very often. I don't normally like English dubs, but it seems Bandai is on a roll with this franchise, it's one of their best.
[Dub Voices:4.5/5]

The art was okay, too. I can see they improved the quality quite significantly [The size on my hard drive was 250 MB]. Everything was cleaned up from when I first saw the TV raws over a year ago. I've watched the first episode at least a dozen times now [subbed version], and I haven't ever seen a better first episode [in any series] with the exception of it's predecessor, My-HiME. With action, drama, and comedy along with a lot of questions, the first episode is packed with all the elements to make a show successful and to keep the viewer interested. I can't tell too much of the story [for those who haven't seen it yet], but this is good. WATCH IT!
[Art/Story:4/5]

The music is as terrific as ever, with a genius musical score that includes the pseudo-opera battle theme, MATERIALISE. The music, which was produced by the musical genius, Kajiura Yuki, is all based on a proper-theme type and is semi-opera. Just like, My-HiME, the beat is fast, the words are a mix of Japanese, English and Latin, in some areas [Or is that German?], and the whole score can be described with one word: marvelous.
[Music:5/5]

This show is entertaining, while it may look like another magical girl comedy-action-romance anime, it's not. It's worth your while, I'll tell ya that. Either that, or I'm just some crazy fangirl.
[Entertainment Factor 4.5/5]

Overall Score: 4.5/5 :: 90% :: Great Series, Worth checking out, Great example of a balanced anime.
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Here's a look at the first volume Special Edition Box and DVD [Amazon]



By kagurazaka_sha at 2007-07-12

Product Details

• Actors: My-Otome
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating
• Studio: Bandai
• DVD Release Date: July 17, 2007
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Price: $44.99[LE Box]/ $24.99 [DVD]
  

As you can see, there are a few new changes to my blog. Which includes a One Piece background. Over the course of the next few weeks, there'll be changes which include new templates, links, etc. Be patient, especially if your resolution is less than 1024*768

I just read Densha Otoko. It was an interesting book. It taught me the importance of friendship. In real life and in the cyberworld. This makes me happy for having a family like the ones on Shonen-Island or K-F. Hermes had a friend, and so did Ikumi [Densha Otoko]. The shojo manga version is great, and I'd recommend it to anybody. Ever since I finished it, I've been so much happier.

So happy, I made a banner for Shonen-Island.
It can be found here: One Piece 'Sunny' Banner

Summertime is soooo boring. There's absolutely NOTHING to do, unless you have plans. And I don't. Everything we did this summer was spontaneous and stupid. Talk about stuck in suburbia. There isn't even a mall around. All my friends are out somewhere doing something (I guess it's karma for leaving them. hehe.).

SUMMER IS SOOOOO BORING!!!!!!!!!!!

Though I did make one helluva signature for this "Mini-Comp/make sigs for yer friends" thing.

I made a few forum sigs and banners for my friends at Shonen Island




Shonen-Island Banners:

[SI]Kurosaki Ichigo Banner
[SI]Naruto Banner
[SI]One Piece Banner

Banners for Arigatou
[Arigatou]Fate/Stay Night
[Arigatou]Shakugan no SHANA Banner
[Arigatou]Tsubasa Feather Banner
[Arigatou]Arigatou Banner

*Note that these banners were made for the groups and their websites only, and should not be taken and/or modified for external use unless otherwise stated by owner of this property [Kagurazaka]

I'm back from my 1-week vacation!! Truth be told, I've been back since Monday, hehe. I got a bit of money to spend for some anime and/or manga. But I didn't spend it. All in all, I have around $80 some. A few things I plan to GET are,

~My-Otome vol. 1 Artbox [$44.99 USD]
~Kiddy Grade Boxset [$59.99 USD]
~Gunslinger Girl Boxset [$39.99 USD]

Altogether, that's $144.97 USD + 5% tax.... equals a grand total of....