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School Days – Episode 9

Aug 31 2007 Published by Mina under School Days


Short Summary:
Kotonoha asks Setsuna why she kissed mAkoto and gets to know it all has nothing to do with herself but with Setsuna and Sekai, so she leaves. The next day is the last day of the school festival, setsuna leaves the work to the others and leaves to watch a play about someone who touched the forbidden rose, because he wanted to do it and nobody was there. But he did not think that he would hurt the world (jap = sekai) but simply doing it, no matter wether somebody knew or not. Setsuna is very touched by this and stays hidden for the rest of the day.
As it is tradition to stroll around the festival with the one you like and dance later on with that person the fight for Makoto begins. Katsura is sitting at the reception of her classe’s hounted house and is waiting paitently for Makoto to come to her by his own will and gets teased by her classmates. Sekai feels like his real girlfriend now and than another girl from Katsura’s class – she likes Makoto since middle school – enters the ring and asks him to go around with her. He’s having fun, while Katsura is desperatly waiting for him and Sekai doing cakes for her class. She looks so happy with her feeling to be his girlfriend. But that other girl – Kato – confesses to Itou and offers him her body…you can guess Makoto can’t resist and sleeps with her. Afterwards he abandons her very fast and dances with Sekai at the festival, till she asks him, wether she’s his girlfriend now. Makoto seems shocked by the question. Katsura was still waiting for Makoto, till his friend Taisuke tells her he’s already gone with Sekai. And while Katsura cries for Makoto Taisuke confesses his love to her. At the end of the episode you can see a ribon falling into water and Kotonoha whispers Makoto’s name.


My opinion:
I guess this has been my favourite episode so far. There’s no way I could hate Makoto more than I do know, the only, really the ONLY thing he cares about is his own libido and he satisfies his needs whith any girl around. It’s fantastic but also terrible to watch how many people around him get hurt by his careless actions. It was presented dramatically perfect in this episode. Like I mentioned in the summary you can see Katsura close to tears and always waiting for him and Sekai so happy now she’s certain he is her boyfriend, while he gallivants around with another girl, and WTF he’s having intercourse with her, just because she’s there, she’s cute and offers herself. He does not think of anyone’s feelings, not even a SECOND! This is one of the worst things I’ve ever seen. This show should be called “school hell” or something like this. Die, Makoto, die!

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Mushiuta – Episode 1

Aug 31 2007 Published by Mina under Mushiuta


Short Summary:
Daisuke Kusuriya – called Kakkou – meets a green haired girl, who is possesed by a Mushi (insect). Before he shoots her, he promises to remember her dream. But it seems the girl is not dead, but four years later leaves/escapes a prison called GARDEN. Kakkou is a level one hunter of people posessed by mushis – mushitsukis. One night he and his colleagues hunt down a young man who’s possesed, but was not certain so far, wether he is or not. Now that he has to escape to survive he asks his mushi for help and a gigantic flying bug appears and takes him with it. An unknown man with a mushi himself helps him and tells him there’s a group of people waiting for him. They are all mushi posessed and their leader is a young girl called “lady”. The young man doesn’t make it and his mushi gets killed. Lady is very angry!
In reality lady is a young high school girl Rina Tachibana. The next day at school a transfer student is introduced. It’s nobody else than Daisuke who’s at school to find the unknown leader of the mushibane resistance. He knows she might be at that school, but he doesn’t know it’s Rina. The same day Liny is awarded for a picture she drew, and also she did not know anything about the nomination she’s thankful. Daisuke sees the picture by accident abd tells her how beautful it is, but Lina is emberassed and tells him to leave. Still she turns scarlet and wachtes him going away.
At a railroad crossing Daisuke sees the green haired girl. Both start to smile at each other and although the train is coming, Daisuke starts to run…


My opinion:
When I watched this episode for the first time I was crocheting and as my Japanese is still not good enough I would have understood what’s going on by only listening I did not notice to much of the story. Normally if a show does not magae to keep me hooked I would not keep on watching, but with Mushiuta it’s different. I was touched by the awesome background music, so I watched it again and have to say I don’t like bugs at all, but this series sure looks promising. I heard it’s based on a series of light novels, so the story might have depth and I’ll be sure to take another look. Also it’s very inetresting how Daisuke first reacts to Lina – I thought there might come up a sort of relationship – but then meets the green haired girl and starts to smile and run like that. Question now is will he be crashed by the train and if that girl is tha one from four years ago, can she return his feelings when he’s the one who shot her?

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Moetan – Episode 2

Aug 31 2007 Published by Mina under Moetan


Short Summary:
Not only the strange bunny girl on the roof, but also a dark “fog dog” seem to hunting Ark-san. The dog, who is a cute little cat in his animal form, is Ark’s rival. He’s meeting Sumi-chan, who sees her rival in Ink-chan, ans as she discovered by accident Ink is also “Pastel Ink” she apirs up with Ark’s rival and changes into a magical girl herself.
After saving someone from a dangerous situation Ink receives an email telling her she earned points for her help and she gets to know she has to collect points so Ark can return to his world.


My opinion:
After this episode I’m feeling uncertain wether I should continue blogging this show. It’s supercute and fun to watch it, but I’m bored by summarizing it, as nothing really interesting is happening. It’s a pure entertainment thing.

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School Days – Episode 8

Aug 26 2007 Published by Mina under School Days



Short Summary:
After Kotonoha has slapped Sekai she begs her to keep away from Makoto. The next day Sekai is absent from school and Katsura asks Itou to go home together, but Setsuna tells her he’s got school festival committee work to do and forces Itou to come with her. When they are alone she asks for his feelings. Makoto admits he first liked Katsura, but feels more safe and calm with Sekai now. Setsuna is content with that answer and tells him to go to Sekai’s apartement. When he is there Sekai reacts a bit reserved, but he’s kissing her rudley and they kind of make up. Sekai comes to school again and acts like everything is okay, but she can’t forget Katsura begged her to keep her hands off Makoto. Finally it’s time for the school festival and everything turns into a weired something with lots of little sisters and zombies *no comment* In the end Makoto ends up cleaning with Setsuna, who breaks the fact to Makoto she’s going to move to France after the festival and she wants him to take care of Sekai. Then she remebers a scene from the past, when Makoto “saved” her from some rude pupils (he actually only talked to her, when she cried and promised to look after her, but she refuses and wants to do everything on her own). Later on the work is finished and Itou sleeps in the classroom. Setsuna wants to make a memory for herself before she leaves to France and kisses the sleeping Makoto. That moment Kotonoha enters the classroom and stares at the two. She can’t believe what she sees, now that she has more or less offered Makoto her body when they met in the train a day ago.
My opinion:
Okaaayyy…this episode hasn’t been the best so far. After the drama that stupid little siters/zombie scene was out of place and I could not laugh, but felt nerved instead of enjoing the sudden humour. Also Makoto was shown from another side, or at least I felt like they wanted him to look a bit better again. They gave a plausible explenation why Setsuna would like him, still she knows he cheated on his girlfriend. Something like this scars a man in my eyes. I had not expected another girl to enter the ring. Above all I thought Setsuna would have feelings for Sekai.
I wonder how Katsura is going to react to this event. I already can’t believe she offered her body to Makoto, what is this girl doing only to keep that idiot??? It’s obvious he’s only lusting after her. Oh I could slap him *arghmpfgrml*
Screenshots are taken fom Random Curiosity

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School Days – Episode 7

Aug 26 2007 Published by Mina under School Days



Short Summary:
I watched this episode raw and quite some time ago, so only a very brief summary…
Kotonoha sees Makoto and Sekai together on the roof…she definitley knows there’s something going on between those two. Still she sees herself as his girlfriend and tries nothing to stop the forbidden relationship. Meanwhile more and more people think Kotonoha and Itou broke up and Makoto’s friend even asks Katsura out for the upcoming festival.
To cut a long story short Katsura looses her self-confidence towards the other girls, but she’s brave enough to go to Makoto’s home. Of course she arrives when Sekai is there, but as Makoto keeps her out, she doesn’t know at first. He pretends to feel sick and makes her go away, but before she leaves she recognizes Sekai’s shoes.
Sekai cries, because she’s feeling sad about the whole situation and also leaves the apartement. On the street she meets Katsura, who slaps her.
My opinion:
Drama, ladies and gentlemen, drama. At the moment I don’t like any of the characters. They are all to be blamed for the situation. Still watching this show is gorgeous. It’s not about wether I like the characters and their actions, it’s just damn exciting to see how the drama evolves.
Makoto acted in an unexpected way towards Kotonoha this time (I could have slapped him for his thoughts about Katsura’s breasts when her blouse was wet), although he is bored by her attitude and tries to avoid her a spark of interest glowed the second he was forbidden to have contact with her. I wonder if there either is a bit of brain and heart in that bastard Makoto and he likes her at least a bit or if he’s only attracted by the forbidden fruits again, now that his relationship with Sekai gets more official in a way.
Screenshots are taken fom Random Curiosity

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School Days – Episode 6

Aug 12 2007 Published by Mina under School Days



Short Summary:
Makoto and Sekai use every possibilty to kiss and have sex. Still Sekai femore and more uneasy with the situation. She biulds up an illusion they are still doing “training” but she knows its far beyond that and that Kotonoha (= Katsura) has to know about them. One day Katsura actually sees Makoto kissing Sekai (that careless idiots), but it’s only a second on the train andso she tries to think she got it wrong. But it’s obvious there’s something wrong. makoto rarely speaks to Katsura and makes up lies, so he doesn’t have to spend time with her. Instead he uses every minute to silence Sekai with his kisses.
As the culture festival is near, the classes decide on what to do. In Sekai and Itou’s class it’s a cafe, in 1-4 – Katsura’s class – there’s only one suggestion for a haunted house. Kotonha as the representative tries to find voluntears for the task, but nobody is listening and the girls around Otomo start to bully her like so often before. They accuse her of giving perverted glances on the boys, especially on Makoto, whom Otome seems to like since middle school. When the talk comes to Itou Katsura speaks up to them and tells the befuddled Otome she already is Makoto’s girlfriend. Afterwards she has to do some school related work and sends Itou a message she can’t eat lunch together with him on the roof. Makoto forwards this mail to Sekai and takes her with him to the roof at lunch time. There they kiss and confess their love to each other directly. It’s just that moment when Katsura made it to the door of the roof and so she hears she got betrayed.
My opinion:
The episode title already suggested Katsura would find out, but the did it in a dramatic perfect way.
I feel so sorry for Kotonoha…okay, she slow with sexual things, but I really feel like she’s doing her best and she seems to love Makoto more and more and even so much she stands up to her classmates for the first time, when she tells them she’s his girlfriend. She’s proud of that and realizes herself she found a boy she loves. The moment she finds out couldn’t have been more awful.
Although Sekai plays her part in the relationship with Makoto I also feel sorry for her. She also loves him and can’t overcome the temptation to be close to him in any way she can. Still it’s depressing and she wants to tell Katsura as she knows all of this is not okay.
Then there we have Makoto. While I mamanged to sympathize with him at least a bit so far I really hate him know. He mistakes sex with love, hurts all the people around him and he already found out what pressure he can exert on Sekai through…well,…”sexual power”? It’s disgusting!
Screenshots are taken fom Random Curiosity

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School Days – Episode 5

Aug 12 2007 Published by Mina under School Days



Short Summary:
Katsura, Makoto and a big bunch of their friends go to the pool together. There Katsura tries hard again and hugs Itou tightly, but he only seems to be bored. Instead he talks a lot with Sekai and even grabs her ass. She tries to make clear her training was really only a training and has nothing to do with love. It’s exactly that what makes Makoto realize he wants Sekai and only Sekai, so after saying goodbye to Katsura he runs back to Sekais place and finally sleeps with her.
My opinion:
WAHHH!!!??? What’s ahppening here? This anime starts of so innocent and now we already have the first sex, between a couple that’s not a couple.
What really annoys me is the fact the want to make it look like Makoto actually likes Sekai, but I don’t belive that. She’s the one who gives in, that’s all. Biggest problem is Katsura seems to fall in love with this stupid moron more and more. I’m anxious to wether Katsura finds out or not. Will Itou end his relationship with her?
I have problems with takings screenshots from mkv files, so this time the screenshots are taken fom Random Curiosity

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School Days – Episode 4

Aug 12 2007 Published by Mina under School Days


Short Summary:
Katsura starts to read romance novels and again reacts even shy when her little sister Kokora-chan asks her wether she’s already kissed Makoto or not. It seems all this makes her think and she really tries to give her best, at lunch time she and Makoto kiss passionatly on the roof of the school, but when it comes to him touching her chest she again reacts prude and more or less runs away. Makoto gets more and more frustrated and treats Katsura abrasively the next morning. She’s got two tickets for the pool, but after Itous cool reaction she doesn’t dare to ask him out.
Again its Sekai who meddles with both. She asks Katsura in what situation she would be ready to have sex with Itou and gets to know Katsura is really the naive, romantic type of girl. On the other hand she offers Makoto to help with a “special-training” so het gets to understand a girl’s feelings. Actually things get out of hand and Makoto wants to sleep with Sekai, but his cell phone interferes and Saionji comes back to her senses. She refuses to do another “trainig” with him. In the end Katsura finds the courage to ask Makoto out for the pool. Sekai is standing in the dark and looks really sad.


My opinion:
Wow, what kind of developement. I was supreised by several scenes, first when Katsura actually kissed Makoto. She’s really trying harder then I expected. Then of course all the “training” with Sekai…I was prepaired for a kiss, but not for what actually happened, or not happened. He’s an idiot to accept her offer and she really should not do it, but I’m seeing it from the romantic side, Sekai’s simply in love with Makoto, so she can’t control herself.
BUT I ask myself, WHY does she like him? It’s obvious he would seize every chance to sleep with a girl, be it Katsura, Saionji or whoever. She should be more proud and not let all of this happen!!!

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School Days – Episode 3

Aug 11 2007 Published by Mina under School Days



Short Summary:
Makoto and Katsura are again daiting, Katsura now gets crazy because Makoto hugs her and Sekai interferes a lot…but after Itou visits Katsura’s house we come to an interesting point. Makoto tells Saionji on the phone he’s tired of hanging around Katsura.
My opinion:
I know the net is flodded with posts and comments how stupid Makoto is…I agree, but I have to admit I also anderstund him. Katsura is annoying. Pretty and cute, okay, but what do you want with a girl that gets crazy because of hugging???? It’s not like she has to sleep with him the next second!
This turn is also not suprising if you think of the fact Katsura and Makoto only know each other from seeing each other on the train. They never talked, not that they are doing much now, but it’s a kind of normal developement Itou gets to know Katsura and recognizes she’s NOT the one for him.
Sounds a lot like I’m defending Makoto…he IS an idiot after all!

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Moetan – Episode 1

Aug 11 2007 Published by Mina under Moetan


Short Summary:
Nijihara Ink is a high school student, still she looks like she’s only in elemntary school. Because of her small appereance poeple often treat her like a child. She’s in love with a boy called Nao-kun; she dreams of attending university together, but Nao seems to be rather bad in English and it’s not clear wether he will make it to university.
Ink goes to a local shrine to pray for her and Nao’s future, when a talking duck falls down from heaven. In reality the duck is a cursed magician from a magical country. Ink takes the duck – “Ark-san” – with her and is told she has to become a magical girl. First she refuses, but then she understands she can help other people with magic, especially Nao-kun, so she changes into “Magical Teacher Pastel Ink” and visits Nao-kun at home. Together they study English and have fun, till Ark-san behaves stupid and Nao tells them to leave and never come back.
This night a strange girl appears in front of Ink-chan’s house. She has come to find Ark-san.


My opinion:
What a supercute funshow. Ink-chan looks like a child, but she’s not the annyoing type of Chibiusa-character. In fact I like her very much, as well as Ark-san, aka the duck. He’s an pervert and it’s just hilarious if a duck drools because of a little girl changing into a candy-holding loli-magical girl.
I like the humour, character design and…everything :) It’s not very special, I know, but it’s mahou shoujo, and most of the time I can’t resist that!

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