January 31, 2007
March 10, 2007
March 12, 2007
April 1, 2007

January 31, 2007

I just have to say this. While I was watching the episode about Ichigo's mom, I spaced out for a moment and just about cracked up laughing because it occurred to me that Kon might have been very, very unlucky if they'd found something a bit different. To be specific, I started wondering what the anime might have been like if something like this had been lying on top of the trash rather than that half-lion-half-demented-sun doll.

March 10, 2007

There is something terribly, terribly wrong with this "Happy People" ending song - probably the fact that it's being used during a story arc that is completely dramatic and includes almost no humor. (I'm not including that bloody awful episode with the spirit medium afro guy and Ichigo's sisters. I refuse.) Basically, this means that one second you'll be watching someone die, or someone vowing to kill someone else, or some other thing, and then - "HAPPY PEO-PLE! HAPPY PEO-PLE!" These are not happy people. They are almost entirely unhappy people, except maybe Ichimaru Gin, who doesn't really count because he's a crazy fuck. Even Inoue's got a little bit of angsting goin' on.

In other news, I've watched fifty episodes now, and I'm still waiting for a girl to kick some ass. I mean, Inoue made a valiant attempt at the one giant guy, and she also killed that one Hollow, but otherwise, there have really been no girls fighting. There are plenty of female Shinigami, so it's bound to happen at some point, assuming they're not just there to provide boobs (I'm lookin' at you, Blondie). But still, I feel that I have been patiently waiting for far too long.

March 12, 2007

Dude. Ukitake has swordchucks - check it out.

Two swords, attached by a funky rope thing. Swordchucks. It is shocking and it is glorious, although I may have trouble taking him seriously now.

Also, remember what I was saying two days ago about lack of girly ass-kickingness? Of course you do. It's just a scroll up the page for you; it's about forty eight hours past for me, and I remember it just fine. Anyway, I just want to say that Yoruichi and Soi Fong are goddesses - not Goddesses of Flash Animation or anything like that, they're just goddesses, even if Soi Fong's name is confusing due to all its various possible English spellings. It was worth the wait five million times over (especially since that wait was filled with lovely plot and characters and joy).

I mean, okay, the fight scene wasn't really anything special; it was kind of short and mediocre, but I'm lovin' the backstory. Plus, chicks kicking any ass at all gives my feminist heart vast amounts of joy.

April 1, 2007

I know what you're thinking. We all know what you're thinking; don't try to deny it.