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Sep. 26th, 2005 at 4:15 PM

On all things that are anime/manga fandom; Eyeshield 21 and Honey and Clover are my drug of choice at the present time. And we shall never speak again of last Friday's test. Denial is a wonderful friend.

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mithas.livejournal.com wrote:

Sep. 26th, 2005 09:05 am (UTC)

I find this ironic, as, after not having watched anything for the past month or two, I finally picked up ES21 and HnC from where I let off. I've just finished a marathon of HnC (I left off at ep.8) and have finished watching until 20. Will wait until eps.23-24 are out before watching any further. I was using ES21 as a buffer from time to time because HnC always leaves me with this feeling that I can't take too much of, so I shake it off with ES21 crack.

Aah. I have so much love for HnC. But it's one of those series' I can't really talk about for the sole reason of the feelings they invoke. (I felt the same way about HikaGo a long time ago too.)

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calicokitten17.livejournal.com wrote:

Sep. 26th, 2005 01:34 pm (UTC)

You should talk about HnC. I haven't finished watching it yet and don't have all the episodes, so you need to spur us into action. Does it get better after the first few episodes? I remember you wrote about this one episode that was rather sad or mellow or something...

And ES21? I'm rather on the fence as to whether I should watch that...I guess I should, right, guys?

On a last note...Morita!

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naanima.livejournal.com wrote:

Sep. 26th, 2005 02:36 pm (UTC)

WATCH IT!

The series is /really/ good. However, like Mithas said it is hard to verbalise everything I love about the series without wanting to burst into tears, not because it is depressing but because you /feel/ for every character, and it hurts when you see them go through life; growing, maturing, and realising the reality of the world. And gods, it is just hard to say everything I want to say about the series without feeling as if I'm about to burst with all the feelings the series invoke in me.

So, yeah, watch it. Um, my rave about the series was a brief summary of the characters and the themes of the series in the first 15 episodes ^^;;

And it is here; http://www.livejournal.com/users/naanima/168452.html

Beware of spoilers.

E21! WATCH IT!! It is SPORTS ANIME! WATCH IT! (And I'd argue it is the more traditional sports anime, meaning not PoT-sports anime. One day I'll go into a long rant as to why PoT is technically not a sports anime.)

MORITA!

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mithas.livejournal.com wrote:

Oct. 2nd, 2005 03:11 pm (UTC)

It does get better after the first few episodes, way better actually. The first 2 episodes are very deceiving, IMO. I might attempt a post about the series once I get to see all 24 episodes, but seeing as I never talked about HikaGo and that HachiKuro gives me generally the same feeling as HikaGo did, I somehow doubt that I will. If you read naanima's reply to my comment on this post, I think she pretty much summarizes how HachiKuro makes one feel when watching it.

And omg yes to ES21. It is the best crack sports series ever. And Hiruma is the bomb. *uses her Hiruma icon!* And hey, it made me understand American football. This is new for me, as it's the very first sports series I've read/watched wherein I didn't already watch the sports IRL.

P.S. naanima, I would love to see that rant on PoT, as I don't particularly consider PoT a sports anime either.

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naanima.livejournal.com wrote:

Sep. 26th, 2005 02:29 pm (UTC)

I have seen HnC up to episode 15, and I understand exactly what you mean about the feeling it leaves you. It is a /good/ series, but more often than not it leaves this ache in your heart, your eyes slightly wet, and a stupid grin on your face despite what all the characters has been through. HnC is what I call 'good' shoujo, the type of story that made me love the shoujo genera in the first place. And after watching HnC... oh yeah, definite watching of E21 to balance the mood that the former series had put you in.

*nods* I do understand, HnG left me feeling all messed up, volume 16 of that series made me cry and all gloom for quite a bit of time. Gods, I love both of them so much.

(Though Furuba - the anime, makes an impression too, not as close to me as HnG, (I suspect Honey and Clover will get very close to what I feel for Hikago.)

You know that scene in HnC, where it is Morita, Yamada and Takemoto on the deck of the ship? The three of them are looking into the distance as the sun set in the distance, and in any other series it would be /happy/, in HnC it made me want to cry and hug the three of them close to me heart and not let go.

It is just so hard to fangirl this series without becoming a blubbering idiot, because it hits really close to home. LOVE!

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mithas.livejournal.com wrote:

Oct. 2nd, 2005 03:24 pm (UTC)

I don't really have a lot to add to this comment since I think what you've said pretty much sums it up already (that and I'm generally bad at talking about series' that actually makes me feel the way HachiKuro/HikaGo did), though I'm replying more to your comment about the Furuba anime. Did you read the manga? I'm actually curious, as I never watched the anime, but I did start reading the manga, except Yuki annoyed me so much I had to stop reading it. So I'm wondering if the anime had a different feel to it than the manga did.

You know, every other scene makes me want to cry in HnC. Oh man, there are just so many, when I try to think about it now I just sort of blank out. Right now the scene that pops to mind is that scene in probably episode 10 or 11 (can't remember), the one during the Christmas party and Morita's in a deadfaint and Takemoto and Hagu's kneeling beside him, and then Takemoto tries telling Hagu that the brooch was given to her by Morita and Morita suddenly wakes up and disturbs him etc. etc. And once Hagu leaves he just sort of punches Takemoto lightly on the cheek and just that and I'm all !#$%@#$! at it.

Seriously, there are moments when I just fall in love with Morita. That was one of those times.

I really loved that deck scene too.

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naanima.livejournal.com wrote:

Oct. 3rd, 2005 12:54 am (UTC)

I read the manga and I have to admit it didn’t grab me the way the anime did. I walked away from that series in with an OT3 ^^;;; Yuki is more bearable in the anime, instead of being annoyed at him (yes, he annoyed me in the manga too) I felt the angst for him *snuggles him* However, Furuba is different from HnC, because no matter how psychotic HnC get it is the realisation that everything the characters are feeling is ‘plausible’ that hurts, while Furuba is a bit more, hmm, I suppose melodrama in the anime sense. (It is hard to explain, all I know is that the Furuba made me several times, because OMFG! The CHARACTERS! *sobs*)

OMFG! The Christmas-scene! You know, most of the time it is really easy to forget that Morita is a ‘person’ and not just a character for crack purposes, and then it is WHAM, like the Christmas-scene, that you realise just how ‘human’ Morita is. I HURT for HIM! *snuggles Morita*

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mithas.livejournal.com wrote:

Oct. 10th, 2005 02:51 am (UTC)

Late reply, but I just wanted to voice out my relief that I am not the only one that got terribly annoyed with Yuki. I just wanted to strangle him, because I could not feel for his angst at all. In retrospect, I loved Kyou, and nearly every other character in it but melodramatic I Do Not Understand Your Angst Yuki. A friend actually successfully pimped Furuba to me by making me watch the Kyou and Kazuma episode, because I have a great weakness for guardian-type figures.

Also, I woe that the subs for the last episode of HnC is taking so long. I want to seee! Have you heard that they're making a live action movie for it? I am very curious on how this will turn out, and who they'll be getting for the cast.

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naanima.livejournal.com wrote:

Oct. 10th, 2005 05:14 am (UTC)

It took too long for Yuki's angst to be revealed for feel much for him. Though I admit when the whole thing about his parents was revealed I was all 'YOU F#$KING BASTARDS! DIE!' I was very emotional -_-;; Kyou is what got me to feel in love with the series ^__^V I think it is the guardian/father-type figures that always gets to me. I have types.

I'm still stuck on episode 15, and will more than likley be stuck there until I get ALL of it, burn it to a DVD and then watch the WHOLE thing in one sitting. I'm going to enjoy it sooooo much. Live Action... it can either go really, really, really good, or it can go very bad. I don't care what people say, the first series of 'Meteror Garden' is good. I cried so much during that series *sobs*

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