In search of my true self…

It’s been a while ;D

If I start with that line I probably be clobbered by many of my old readers, but heck. It’s been a really awful long while since I wrote in here.

Let’s see, how to have a summary of what happened this few months? After all, how can I cramp a whole 3 months into this one post. Laughs. Let’s start at the very beginning: November 2010…

Eh… You might wonder why this post is in a picture format. I got lazy. LOL!

But still, from the first episode, I’ll say this has potential.

Just a little FYI for readers that are wondering what 4koma is, in short it is a name for comics that contains only 4 panels. You can find out more on 4koma/Yon-koma at it’s wikipedia entry

Been rather hooked on the PSP game: God Eater, so when I found out there was a promo anime video that depicts the story before the start of the game, I pretty much went nuts over it.

The crazy part was listening to it in moonspeak, until I found subtitles for it. Hahaha.  And what do you know! A sequel is coming out soon! Woo hoo!

Was at the library today again, browsing through their collections of books, and I happened to land my eyes on a Chinese novel, can’t recall the full title now, but it has a “HOLIDAY” in the title. The novel was in the same novel series where it featured another famous short story, “Calling You” which was made into a movie (I liked that movie, even though the ending was bittersweet)

The book contained 2 short stories, but I had only managed to finish the first one today. It had made a deep impression on me and I just wanted to write it down somewhere. The title of the short story is 幸福宝贝 which roughly translate to “Treasure of Happiness”, it features a gloomy and anti-social protagonist which has found a cheap place to rent for his college life, seems like a good deal right? Yeah, except for the past that the land owner has conveniently left out: A university student was murdered in that exact house just 3 weeks earlier…

“Are you enjoying the Time of Eve?”

That’s the first sign you will see when you enter into this hidden cafe. First time visitors will be informed of rule that states “No discrimination between humans and robots” within the cafe.

Set in the futuristic era of Japan, where robot usage has become an everyday occurrence. The improvement of technology has made it hard to differentiate between robots and human, thus making it compulsory for robots to be identified with glowing rings above their heads.

Yup, this time round I’ll be sharing about the anime: Time of Eve (A.k.a Eve no Jikan). The viewers will follow through the story on the perspective of Rikuo, a high school student that stumbled upon the mysterious cafe after checking on the movement logs of his robot, Sammy.  

This sure brings back memories. Never did know what happened to Arturia in the end though.

Note to self:  Finish reading Fate/Zero.

This time I’m going to be talking(writing would be more accurate :D) about the Anime:  Durarara!!! It’s a novel-turned-anime, with it’s setting in modern Japan, Ikebukuro to be exact. I have been watching this from the first episode and has been hooked ever since.

Why is it so interesting to me? Visuals are nice, characters has depth and the story just rocks! Every episode features a character narrating the story and each episode focuses on a character (much like Baccano, which I never got to finish watching it T-T), the first episode introduced the cast of Durarara!! We see it through the perspective of Mikado, a newcomer to Ikebukuro, a good choice if you ask me, as the viewers can relate easier. The strangeness soon creeps in when the viewer meets the incredible people in Ikebukuro, like the urban legend headless rider, the vending machine throwing bartender, or the girl who has strange scars on her neck…