Azure Flame Reloaded

The OVA: Confusing Yet Compelling
When a Venetian glass arrives at the antiques shop where he works, art student Eiri Kurahashi begins taking an almost abnormal interest in it- for when he stares inside, he can see the spirit of Cossette, a girl who was murdered over 250 years ago. By telling the tale of her life and death through a series of compelling visions, Cossette draws Eiri further into her world- but will he be able to make the ultimate sacrifice if it leads to her salvation?

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Romeo angsts at home.

(Romeo: My name is in the series title, but this other guy has every advantage over me! What if they ask me to step down as a main character?)

Meanwhile, Juliet is trying to hack off her hair with a sword.

Cordelia: Juliet, what are you doing? Can’t you use scissors like everyone else? Continue Reading »

emember a few months ago when Amazon recommended me a book on genetics just because I once bought Tokyo Mew Mew? Well, it’s happened again.

“We’ve noticed that customers who have expressed interest in “Tokyo Mew Mew Vol. 2: v. 2 (Tokyo Mew-Mew)” by Mia Ikumi have also ordered “Essentials of Genetic Engineering” by S.K. Jain. For this reason, you might like to know that this book is now available. You can order yours for just £51.94″

I wonder, do people who buy the same manga as me get recommendations for physics textbooks?

Soutetsu no Aquarion

Welcome to a brand new anime fusion, one that sees Soutetsu Ibaragi of Iroha take over as commander of the Aquarion team. Obsessed with finding the perfect gattai, Soutetsu invites the bishiest looking teenagers to ride on the Aquarion, but who will be worthy of “riding” with him? Continue Reading »

With Ellis seemingly growing increasingly interested in STRAIGHT, Nadie begins to worry that she will lose her HARD YURI partner- and just when it seems that a date at a hot springs can put the spice back into their love life, every other named character starts randomly showing up. Could this be the end of the relationship between our two leads?

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Remember the old days? Times were bloodier, women were meeker, and MANLY men strode across the lands, showing off their toned muscles to one and all. Yes, this was the era of Fist of the North Star, a tale of a post-apocalyptic era where ugly villains seized power over innocent villagers, and where one man fights for justice. That man’s name was Kenshiro, lone inheritor of Hokuto Shinken, the Fist of the North Star, a powerful and deadly martial art that lets one paralyse or kill just by touching certain pressure points on the body.

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Welcome to another edition of Sunday News Bites! This week we are joined in the news room by Laharl of Disgaea, specifically here to comment on our first story.

Disgaea 3…for PS3
First it was Laharl, then Adell- but now Disgaea fans can look forward a whole new adventure with the announcement of the third instalment in Nippon Ichi’s popular SRPG series. The only blot on the horizon for some of us is that the new game is coming out on a new console- the Playstation 3. Given that the series will be maintaining the same graphical style as the first two, there hardly seems any point putting it on a console whose processing power it doesn’t even need, but no matter how it pans out, I must play this game no matter what measures need to be taken (here’s at least hoping for a PSP version). For those who like their announcements official, here’s Nippon Ichi’s pdf on the matter; just don’t ask me what Prism Red is doing as a homeroom teacher. Continue Reading »

Romeo and Juliet conclude their STRAIGHT.

Romeo: Impractical as it would be, I don’t want to ever let you go again.

Juliet: This love can never be…HORSE would always come between us.

Romeo: We must at least give it a try, or calling this show Romeo X Juliet becomes pointless.

The next day, Juliet-Odin and Antonio practise swordplay. By giving it her all, Juliet is just able to defeat Level Two Antonio. Continue Reading »

Even as Cao Cao laughs evilly and plots his victory, Zhou Yu and the forces of Wu are preparing to move against him so that Huang Gai can give Wei the very first taste of Flaming Passion. Meanwhile, the godlike Zhuge Liang decides to invent some new HARD GAY techniques. Continue Reading »

Guest character Tybalt joins the party.

Tybalt: Fear me, for not only am I bishie and high level, but I have a long cloak and two swords.

Tybalt easily defeats the generic enemies in one hit.

Curio: Damn you- that was my EXP!

Tybalt: I must leave now, for I am so good looking that women would swoon if I remained on screen any longer. Farewell, Juliet.

Tybalt calls his HORSE and flies away.

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So anyway, Kabitzin did this “Is Your Blog Good in Bed?” thing the other day (itself based on another post based on a NSFW article), and since I liked the idea of it rather a lot, I decided to shamelessly copy and begin this week’s round-up by seeing how Azure Flame measures up in the STRAIGHT department.

1. Not kissing first, or in blog terms, randomly asking other bloggers for links without introducing yourself. Fortunately, no matter how desperate I was for attention in the early days, I’m just too shy/polite/lazy/whatever to do this.
2. Ignoring the other parts of her body: hopefully everyone gets a ‘complete experience’ here; hell, Tuesday Rumble is like a blog in itself.
3. Stopping for a break: 700 posts in a year answers that question; I know I skipped out on some parodies this week, but it was because I was playing Ratchet and Clank tired.
4. Undressing her awkwardly: I do like to modify stuff a bit, but in fear of breaking my blog and because most add-ons seem pointless, it’s still fairly simple here.
5. Talking dirty: well, practically every parody is packed with innuendo, so I’ll have to plead guilty.
6. Going too fast: guilty, but mitigated by a glossary to help people understand my in-jokes for the parodies. Anyone should be able to read the reviews, and I don’t see super casual readers dropping in since you have to have an interest in anime to come here in the first place.
7. Coming too soon: I get edgy if my posts are under 400 words, so this isn’t a problem.
8. Not coming soon enough: I’ll admit it, often times my posts could be received with a tl;dr, but I just have that much to say. Disgaea needs 2,000 words, dammit!
9. Making her ride on top for ages: So far I haven’t had any guest bloggers, so this isn’t a problem.
10. Taking pictures: Yes, there are posts with up to 100 pictures, but since that’s for the purpose of captioning them they’re not there as an excuse to write.
11. Not being imaginative enough: Well, no one else has Tuesday Rumble…

Reviewed this week: Doujin Work 2, Higurashi Kai 2, ROTK 46, RxJ 14, SaiMono 13-14, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei 1-2, Seirei 14, Zombie-Loan 2

…and in manga: Spiral volume 8, Tsubasa 160

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