Manga Spotlight [text ver] [1] Butterflies, Flowers

I was asked on NewType Zone what I thought about this manga and my answer was simply "this manga is a guilty pleasure" because in all honesty it truly is. I picked up the first volume of this series because I was looking for a smut series (I had just finished reading Hot Gimmick), but I was expecting more of a story... but all I got was "he used to be my servant, and now I think I like him >//<". Oh well, what can I expect from a smut series? Hot Gimmick was meant to be a smart smut, but this one from the first 3 volumes I can tell is meant to be smut for smuts sake. I don't see the story getting any better in the next 5 volumes but like I said, it's a guilty pleasure so for sure I'll more than likely finish it.

Length: 8 vol

(all released in Japan)

(3 in the US as of 8/'10)

Synopsis:

Choko Kuze is the sensible daughter of a venerable family who went bankrupt. She joins a real estate company as an entry-level office worker, but her eccentric boss is harder on her than anyone else in the company! After hearing him inadvertently call her "milady," she realizes he was the young servant boy she knew as a child. At work he's a tyrant, but after hours he insists on treating her like a lady of the nobility. Is romance even possible for a couple locked in such a crazy role reversal?

[Anime of the Week] Koi Kaze (8/1-7/2010)

Warning, this is an anime with a theme of incest.

Runtime: 23min/ep

Rating: 16+

Synopsis:

Saeki Koushirou works as a wedding planner, but his own love life is a shambles. His background makes it difficult for him to commit himself wholeheartedly to love. The child of a divorced couple, he lives with his father. He has a mother and a sister, but he has not seen them in years. After being dumped by his girlfriend, a chance encounter with a female high school student shakes Koushirou's calm and awakens new feelings in him - but he learns that the girl is in fact his sister, who will now be staying with his father and him. Yet, the feelings in Koushirou's heart...

[Summer 2010 Anime] Initial Impressions [Part 1]

Impressions: Going into this anime, I was expecting hard core pantsu shots and soft core porn moments... I was pretty much right xD This anime is based on a manga by a hentai artist. Overall, the first 3 episodes aren't bad. It is a Prodiction IG anime so it is beautiful, but the story isn't all that great. The main girl character is a cry baby, and the main guy is typical. I already dislike that teacher introduced in episode 3. That's about all I have to say other than that HILARIOUS moment in episode one where that girl is pushed down the stairs and while the zombies are bitting her, her stomach has a lot of bowl movements... wait, that's more gross.

Gunna Continue Watching: for sure.

Impressions: Wow... episode one was crud yet hilarious then episode 2 was just plain gross! I'm still a bit hesitant to continue with this one...... despite episode one being so funny.

Gunna Continue Watching: >.>

Impressions: =D Oh ho ho, it's the anime to replace that hole in my heart Nyan Koi left! It's like a mix of Dearz and Chobits... but this one is actually pretty good based on the 2 episodes I've seen. The first episode starts out with a pretty cool action scene.

Gunna Continue Watching: Yes

Impressions: Eh... it's interesting. It kind of has that Ghost Hound feeling but it lacks. Ghost Hound was compelling, this is just trying a bit too much to be a horror.

Gunna Continue Watching: For now

[Drama of the Week] Aquarian Age (7/18-31/2010)

First off, I'd like to apologize for an almost 2 week hiatus with my blog. I just got a bit lazy with the blog and a bit busy with finding a job and going on vacation this past weekend.

not to be confused with Aquarian Age the anime. Both are based on a card game, but the drama movie is vastly different from the anime and the ova.

Runtime: 1hr 30mins

Synopsis:

The story focuses on several high school boys who discover that they inherited latent genetic traits — among other things, wings that sprout out of their backs. They soon find themselves caught in a millennia-old war, with each representing one of several different factions.

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[Drama of the Week] Liar Game (7/11-17/2010)

My friend Jimmy who is obsessed with dramas got me to watch the first season of this one and since the second season is almost fully subbed (just have to wait for the movie), I think it's about time I finished off the drama and maybe check out the manga.

Runtime: 1hr/ep

# of episodes: 20 + 1 movie

Synopsis:

Kanzaki Nao is an honest college student who receives a hundred million yen one day, along with a card saying she has been chosen to take part in the "Liar Game". The aim of the game is to trick the other players out of their hundred million dollars. At the end, the winner gets the hundred million and the loser is a hundred million yen in debt. The next day, she receives notification that her opponent is her former teacher, Fujisawa Kazuo. She goes to him, seeking help, but ends up getting tricked into handing her money over. Desperate, she approaches the police for help, but they are unable to do anything. However, she is told of a mastermind swindler, Akiyama Shinichi, who is to be released from jail the next day. Desperate, she goes to him for help.