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After running a little low on my anime (I'm not, really - five shows last me a while these days, what with WoW going on and all) I decided to download a few more.

Lucky for me, BoxTorrents are running a Freeleech campaign over the holidays. Woop, that means grabbing a few extra shows while they're free!

Rosario + Vampire - Watched one episode so far. Aono Tsukune accidentaly enrolls in a monster High School, where they don't look too kindly on humans. The artwork and animation is very very nice, and the vampire he befriends is kawaii. ^^

They Are My Noble Masters - Watched one episode. Didn't make much sense at first, but I'm hoping it'll get better. Brother complex, hoooo! (That's out of whack)..

Clannad - ...Watched one episode (hey, I gotta try them!) Tomoya Okazaki is a third-year high school student who doesn't take his studies seriously. However, he meets a lonely-looking girl in the school courtyard, Nagisa Furukawa. Tomoya is rather indifferent at first, but decides that he has nothing better to do and spends increasingly more time helping Nagisa restore the school drama club. Great art (I'm a sucker for the visual) and an interresting story.

Labyrinth of Flames - A two-part OVA, and a strange one at that. A samurai-fan accepts an ancient Japanese sword, unknowing that gift is a betrothal heirloom. Made little sense, but was pretty funny. Gotta love the " O_O;; " expressions.

I also got a few that I haven't begun watching yet: Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk, Sekirei and H2O: Footprints in the Sand.

Okay so that's just a play on words, I'm not really outsmarting Smarty. I did however get around to fixing the navigation (with the help of Smarty, ti hi) so that it now reflects what page you're on.

It's not a huge thing, but made me feel good about myself and my limited coding skills. :D

I'm slowly running out of anime to watch. Not so much in terms of selection, but what I have aquired so far. I recently finished watching Welcome to the NHK, loving every episode. It was a great show with a great story and great animation. Alas that story ended, and I'm now down to the following five shows:

Strawberry Panic - I've watched two episodes so far. The animation is beautiful and the story somewhat intriguing. With a setting of three all-girl schools, there's hints of yuri everywhere. Wohoop!

Strike Witches - Five episodes into this show, and there's still no pants in sight! Seriously. That's pretty rad.. I'm not sure whether I like it [the show as a whole] or not, as it's kind of childish. Concidered illegal in Sweden, because of the apparent loli.. Pft, lame.

Amaenaideyo!! - Seemingly the only one with the aspect ratio fitting our tv (the subs end up too low on the other shows) so every once in a while I sit on our comfy couch, rather than my poor excuse of a chair. But the show isn't all that good. It's pretty slow and boring. Here's hoping it gets better, I really enjoy watching from the couch. ;)

Chobits - Why someone would feel embarrased from looking at someone naked, especially if that someone was a robot, is beyond me.. Chobits is pretty slow, but sweet. And a supposed must-see for any anime enthusiast..

Koi Koi Seven - Again, a crazy school. (Can't get enough of those, I suppose). You wouldn't believe (but then again, maybe you would) how many anime series are centered around a school. This one's particularly crazy; "A series of strange events fall upon him [Tetsuro Tanaka]. Then, 6 girls who are called Koi Koi Seven appear as his guardians. Army combat helicopters and anti-tank guns attack Tetsuro for no particular reason as he tries to survive each day in the academy."

Funny how they're all concidered ecchi.. Hoomm! In case you're wondering about the title, this image might shed some light on the matter. Or not, either way. It feels like this is something I ought to hide away.. :)

Towards the end of July of this year I preordered a book from Amazon with a delivery estimate of today (Dec 4th). The book is Jimi's Workbook of Japanese: A Motivating Method to Learn Japanese - I figured I'd buy a "children's book" to help me with learning Japanese.

Now, the other day I received a mail from Amazon which read "Dear Customer, We're still trying to obtain the following item[s] you ordered [...]"

Wtf? Wasn't the book just due for release, how can you have run out already? And shouldn't I have had a pretty good shot at getting one, as I ordered it quite a while ago?

Sucks a bit, because my Japanese "lessons" have somewhat halted, and I was looking forward to this book being a sort of "kick off" to start studying again. :(