End of May

It's end of May, and the two Zakus pestering me... I mean real life stuff that got me all occupied this month are finally gone!


So much for a David and Goliath thing...

Kinda felt that I am a little behind on blog posts, but that's ok as I have foretold it in the beginning of May. Now I just have to take my time catching up with the rest of the blogroll, as well as a bit of the anime backlog.


As promised, I will get started on Toradora! tonight. Didn't watch it while it was being aired as I was occupied with Gundam 00 and Clannad After Story already. While Danny Choo didn't seem to like it upon first impression, lots of people seem to like the whole series very much, so I need to see it myself how well the Kugimiya disease does this time round... ^^;


On the other hand, I kinda feel anticipated to the Kyou chapter for Clannad, which will be out on 1st July. Both Fujibayashi sisters look quite solemn there, and Kyou seems to look older than usual in the screencaps.

Image from Moetron - the scan is about one month old though


That's it for now. I'm going home in a week, so I will be much more active with gunpla and things back in Hong Kong. Who knows, I might be going to Tokyo sometime next month with my family as well, but that's not confirmed at the moment. Will keep things updated from now onwards :o
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PhotoFunia

Recently ToysDaily forum is having a craze with PhotoFunia, an online photo editing tool that allows you to upload a photo or picture and get it blended with an existing template to make it look as if your picture is in a real life photo.

I too have made a few for fun. Making one is really easy (just choose an effect and upload a picture), so now you don't have to be amazing with Photoshop and get something result as good as using one~


A Haruhi puzzle - should see her in long hair sometime in this new season. Speaking of the new Haruhi anime series what do you think about it?


I personally really like how this one came out ^^
Brownie points for those who find the original picture in my blog~


All hail Lelouch!


The MG boxart of Strike Noir blends in quite well with the background.
The location here is actually Ximending (西門町) of Taipei


DON'T ask me what the girl on the right is doing there o_O;;;


I need to start watching Toradora! once this hectic month's over.
For those who are curious, this screenshot is actually from a PSP game I've mentioned some time ago.


An exclusive figma for upcoming PSP game Queen's Blade Spiral Chaos. The character is an original character called Cute (キュート). Not the most original name for a character though ^^;


Making good and/or funny pictures require good selection of pictures and some creativity. Mine are just a few random examples, and there are a lot of good examples at ToysDaily forum as well. So what are you waiting for? Get some done now as I want to see yours too! ^^
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Japanese Food from Kumamoto

Closing the stage for my sister's Kumamoto trip, here I am showing the lovely food she's been having back in December... In pain.

Why in pain, you may ask? That's because I wasn't there with her, so now I can only look at them (along with you) and wish I can go back home asap orz.

This post will again be predominantly pictures with very little to no captions. If you do wanna know what certain food is I can try and ask my sister when I have the time.


1. Larger view of the sashimi bowl above


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9. This katsudon looks great even for a ready meal...


10. That package on the bottom right are some chicken nuggets from convenient store Lawson (which means that the katsudon is likely from the same place too). Oh and yes my sister is a big fan of NEWS, mainly Yamashita Tomohisa.



11. Ajisen Ramen, a chain ramen restaurant. It is based in Kumamoto in Kyushu, therefore my sister managed to have the chance to visit the original store.


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More noodles:

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20. Some tea to finish things off (was the first pic of this post)


Got any you like, or rather got a favourite out of all those meals? I personally am a sucker for ramen, so I won't hesitate to have at least 2 bowls of them any moment ^^;


Previous postings on Kumamoto:

Mount Aso

Kumamoto Castle

Kumamoto Trip
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Gundam OYW Gallery

A knock to Otaku Dan's 2D girls galleries (outbound link slightly NFSW), here instead of presenting pretty girls partially unclothed or posing in a seductive way, I present you some Gundam related pictures based on the One Year War (OYW) of Universal Century, where anime series such as Mobile Suit Gundam, The 08th MS Team, and Gundam 0080 took place.

Well, having something different won't hurt right? ^^;

Anyway, click on the images to view them in full size~














And last but not least, a classic scene to finish it off:


Hope you like the pictures~ ^^
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Ahoge

Finishing off an old post before heading back into the mud...


Nekomimi Shana and her huge ahoge on her head

Ahoge (アホ毛), aka silly hair or foolish hair, is a lock of hair that sticks out on an anime character's head.

It is a visual cue to identify/symbolise silliness, clumsiness, carefreeness or other similar character traits. A lot of characters (usually girls) have them across a lot of series, so I will just list a few examples here:


Saber from Fate/Stay Night



Konata Izumi from Lucky Star



Shana from Shakugan no Shana
(Different hair style and attire but it's still Shana there)

Other characters that have ahoge in the series include loser Yuuji and Ogata.


Nakajima Subaru (right),


And Reinforce II from Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS, showing different shapes of ahoge

Other characters such as Vita and Caro have them too.



Furukawa Naigsa from CLANNAD

Nagisa's ahoge is usually known as "hair antennae", as she has more than one lock of hair and are like those antennae of an ant. Her parents have them as well (i.e. hereditary ^^;)


Yukine (right) has an ahoge too - nearly forgot about hers too.



Minami Chiaki from Minami-ke

Chiaki's is rather special as it is shaped rather differently, and moreso it can move as if it's alive... o_O


Ahoge are not limited to girls only; guys can have them too (loser Yuuji was briefly mentioned above):

Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist, the ahoge can be seen on him and his chbi version on the club ^^;


There are too many characters with ahoge, and I may have even missed some from the anime series I have mentioned above (do tell me if I do). Do you like characters with ahoge, or is it something that hasn't bothered you much?

I feel that while ahoges can sometimes be insignificant as a physical cue to character apperance, they sometimes do add some characteristics and become part of the character. Imagine seeing Nagisa without her hair antennae for example, one may think that something missing around her (if you know what I mean).


Oh and an omake to finish off:

Konata door hanger, from げんれい工房

All anime screencaps are from Random Curiosity
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