.hack//SIGN

There are some strange stuff happening, im not sure whether they are episodes or just extra fillers or what.. i'll do reviews anyways.

ep 24
Oh-kay. Sora and Old Lady Voice make some 'deal' and end up losing. So what if they summoned 3 more copies of really bad-colored EVIL GUARDIAN?
...
...Oh. Poor Macha.

ep 25
...Old Lady Voice is trying to turn Tsukasa, Mimiru and Subaru agaionst each other. Riiiight. Like that would work. Finally,t he confrontation between Old Lady Voice and Tsukasa! Sora is a betrayer? Again? I really dont get his role now. @_@

Y'know, i like Real-Life Tsukasa better. And Real-Life subaru. she's prettier. XD

The episodes which confuse me. Are they still part of the storyline?

ep26
Mimiru tells a story about how her sempai quit 'The World'. Interesting story, really. I didn't know three people could play one character all at the same time...

ep27
Er.. this is just a scrunched up version of everything up to the episode where they escape the upside-down map where bear falls off the bridge and tsukasa saves mimiru from his guardian. Yeah.

Reviews

.hack//SIGN ep 23
Net Slum is weird. What's with the floating multi-colored Tsukasas? Oh. Right. And go Sora! Treat that Freaky Voice like shit! XD Oh, what's this? Green Guardian? Eeeeew, did he eat something not nice? *gasp* there's two of them? Cool. I mean, freaky. Poor Tsukasa. I know how it feels when you lose a petguardian..

.hack//SIGN ep 24

Due to the stupidity of Animax, I shall not review this episode. They are a bunch of stupid idiots who mistook episode 24 for the last episode. Darn them.

Yorokonde Note: The GetBackers Review will be on hiatus until Animax realizes that tehy fucked up somewhere.

No Get Backers!

because Animax decided that they should irritate and annoy fans by showing episode one AGAIN. Ngrawr.

Anyways, here's the .hack//SIGN review!

.hack//SIGN ep 22
Tsukasa's conscious! And what's with ANNWYN? is that a for-real novel? O_o Anyways, Crim and Tsukasa have a Father-son talk thingy.. though they're not exactly father and son.. And Sora is his usual self.. ahead of others.. And the final chapter of .hack//SIGN has begun...

Reviews

where the heck is everyone else? *glares at emmy who should be the one reviewing Get Backers*

Get Backers ep 24
Final Round! Start! MakubeX vs Ginji! Who will win? And why the hell does that old man keep leaving us hanging with his damn story?!?! doesnt he know how to fucking tell one? Oops.

.hack//SIGN ep 21
Ooooh, Sora meets the Unkillable Monster! Bear, Mimiru and Subaru meet one too! And we finally meet Balmung! Yay! XD he's soo cute! *rika claims balmung as her bishie!* And lookie! Sora was able to find **coughspolerauraspoilercough** in the land of whatever it is by jumping on Macha, the evil, misdirected cat. Plot twists here are confusing. @_@

Reviews

because i forgot to do them last night.. O_o

Get Backers ep 23
Shido to the rescue! XD Heheh. And what's this? Juubei lying down on a bed only in bandages and his pants?! Mmmmm.. Yummy! XD Wait, did someone poke your eyes or what? Gen glued them together didnt he? didnt he?!?! ngyar.. that evil old man.. he's responsible for everything's that's been happening to MakubeX!! Ngyarrr!! Get Backers-tachi.. Ganbatte!!

.hack//SIGN ep 20
Poor Tsukasa.. And in this episode, we cannot decipher whether BT is being nice or bitchy. O_o and someone has to take subaru to some self-esteem thing.. O_o

.hack//SIGN ep 19

Subaru and Tsukasa? Together? It seems so right, yet feels SO wrong. And what's this? Bear's organizing a 'Key of the Twilight' Fan Club? Gah, Silver Knight, you JERK! Sora and BT are evil backstabbers. Eh? Where's The Floating Kid? Who took her? What? Wait, what's happening? Tsukasa!!

Get Backers ep 22

Eee! Taihen! Raitei is here! Oh no! And he's battling Akabane! What will happen? What are you doing, Makubex? Are you sure that you have to do that? *gasp* Ban!! NOOOO!!!

Reviews

Oh gosh, this is SO delayed. Sorry!! I had too much to do yesterday and the day before!! X.x

Get Backers ep 20

Oooooh.. Himiko used up all her poison perfumes.. I wonder how Kagami took off her clothe without her wriggling and screaming and defending herself..? And i wonder how Ban got into that Mayan Priest costume..? Aww, Ban and Himiko were just so adorable after that fight.. ^^

Get Backers ep 21

Go Ban! Beat that fat-assed metal-armed guy! Abunai, Ginji! It's not real! Everything's not real!!

.hack//SIGN ep 17

Serves him right, that stupid Silver Knight. Subaru was right in disbanding the Crimson Knights, even though it must've been hard for her.

.hack//SIGN ep 18

Subaru-centric episode. She has flashbacks. Then a look-alike molests her, thus making her look like she'd been run over by a train. And then Subaru molests Tsukasa. Oh, and we see a glimpse of the Subaru in the real world. Funkeh.

March 16's episode reviews

sorry it's late. i watched it this morning only.. and i havent watched todays epis cause i had an exam. sorry for the delay!

Get Backers ep 19

"We always hurt the ones we love". :3 kadsuki and juubei were all over each other in this epi. Admit it, they look cute together.

.hack//SIGN ep 16

BT is a sad woman. Actually, i never thought that her player character name came from a sandwich. O.o strange. And who'dve thought that she'd have a crush on Crim.. Heh.

Get Backers ep 17

Shido ish cool. i like his fighting style. Maybe i should go pracatice Animal Mimicry too.. Nyaa~ =^^= And the only thing I'd say about Kadsuki and juubei is.. "We always hurt the ones we love". ^.~

.hack//SIGN ep 15

OMG, did you see the Floating Girl smile evilly when Tsukasa was in pain?! how devillishly evil! *grrowl!* I dont like her. And Subaru finally found some backbone! Whoo! I hope she uses that. Mimiru and Bear are starting to look like a father-daughter whatever you call it. O.o strange. BT is still an evil bitchy plotter, and Sora has not changed one bit.

Did Subaru just put Tsukasa's hand on her BREASTS?! O_o

Reviews

Get Backers ep 16

Eee! The Battle has begun! And how did Makubex calculate the probability that they'd all get a different number on the dice with the numbers arranged from least to greatest?! Even I would get a headache from that!! O_o Hmm.. At least my Probability and Statistics Classes will come later in my college life..

.hack//SIGN ep 14

BT is surely a cheating evil plotter. And what happened to Bear? Why is the sky below their feet? How come everything's upside down? Is the Red Gate evil? If you die in an RPG, you'll be taken to your last save point, right? Right?

.hack//SIGN ep 13

Ooooohh.. BT is an evil plotter. And Macha, that evil cat, is just plain evil. At least Tsukasa has a goal now. I wonder what would happen to That Kid..? And what's with the red gate? Mystery!

Get Backers ep 15

Oooh~ kawaii Ginji-kun~ Today displays the many faces of Ginji~ ^^ He's just so adorable. ^^ Especially if he goes all sd and stuff~ Kagami is cool, tho. ^^ But Uh-oh~ Trouble ahead! Watch out!

Reviews

Get Backers ep 14

Dr. Jackal is evil. Ginji is cute when he tries to run away from him ^^ Maku is still cute. and we now know what IL or LENS is~ whee! Ren has a crush on Kadsuki! and Ren's grampa is strange! Whoo!

.hack//SIGN ep 12

Ooooohh.. The plot thickens! I wonder what'll happen next? That Kid might die, then again, That Kid might not. Bear's profession is still a mystery. I wonder how he gets all those informations of his.. Hmmm.. Oh, and Subaru is annoying me. Why cant she do things on her own?!?! Agh!! >_<

CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan ep 26

Last episode? Nooooo!!
But I have to admit, Nokoru and Idomu make a better pair than Suoh and Nokoru... ^^;; Just something for the shounen ai fans. ^^ Anyways, Nokoru has defied all laws of physics, and all other laws at that. He's escaped death by subway. O_o Okay, that did not make any sense to me. At all.

Review: Wolf's Rain Episodes 1-2

Episode One: Secret Corner of Howls

Like anyothre anime, our first scene starts with our hero, Kiba. But unlike other anime, the whole episode does not revolve around him. Instead we focus on another hottie: Tsume. But of course, we have scenes with Kiba and his newfound bestfriend: Hige. Cute guy. ^_^ [Shounen-Ai alert!!! Watch out for Kiba's look when Hige was talking about his great sense of smell ^^; Wai!] We have the introductions of our major and sort-of major characters: Quent, Cher, Hubb (<3).

Cool first episdode. From the first scene of a very battered and bloody white wolf, we can already see their detail in both background and animals. You also hear the good music. Lovely piano.

Episode two: Unlamenting Toboe

Obviously, one of my fave characters in the whole series is Toboe. Cute pup. Of course there's the initial "Is that a guy?.. Or a girl?" Question and to answer it: He's a guy. A very cute one at that. He hangs out with Tsume so we establish the Sanzo and Goku relationship here.We also meet Darcia, with his whole "I'm the biggest baddie in the whole series" aura all over the place. Another hottie. Cheza is also introduced! And she's the leading lady of the series. =) Beautiful violins!! And thus, in the second episode conflicts start. =)

>>Tsume X Toboe forever XD <<

Reviews

I shall no longer call it Multiple Review day. :D Hurrah!

Get Backers ep 14
Why oh why must we computer lovers be branded as evil geniouses who want to spy on everyone?! It's not fair! And Akabane Kurodo was just sooooo cool in this epi. Gosh, you have got to love Ban and Shido. And did you notice that today's epi marked the first ever episode where Shido screamed "MIDO!" when ban-chan was in trouble? ^_____^ *fangrrls*

.hack//SIGN ep 11
Sora is just so strange. And Tsukasa smiled a lot~ ^______^ I wonder what's going to happen to That Kid when his/her dad[?] cuts off the life support.. i wonder if the doctor is stupid enough to do that. ~_~ Poor Tsukasa. At least now Bear's Daddy Complex is working on him and Mimiru.

CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan ep 25
Oooooohh.. Big big trouble. And a cliffhanger, too! All that fuss about this three/four year jealousy.. And CLAMP's Richijou is suspicously suspicous.. Either that or my instincts have gone wrong.

Multiple Review day 4!

Because I have decided that i am lazy.

Get Backers ep 13
Kadsuki is cool. Makubex is cool. Everyone is cool. Akabane-sama looks like he's gonna jump on Ginji anytime soon. Hmmmm..

.hack//SIGN ep 10
BT x Bear? Crim x BT? Sora x BT? My, my, BT, such a playgril. Poor Bear. He has a daddy figure no one appreciates...

CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan ep 24
Awww... I didnt know Idomu and Nokoru were soooo cute when they were widdle kids. :D ^__^ Does thsi mean that CCD will end soon? Noooo!!!

Whee. I'm here and I have a review.

Hi everyone, I'm Ruth Creole and I'm a new reviewer for th Yorokonde! Review. Basically I criticize new anime titles ("Where are the speed lines?! There must be speed lines!"), dubbing/ subtitling ("Like a pupa under the moonlight?! What the?!") and of course review rate 2 episodes (or three if it's a three-parter) at a time. Because I believe you just can't review one episode without knowing what's the resolution. (Unless you do mulitiple Review!day like what Rika does)

So, what anime title do I have my eye on? Wolf's Rain. Since so far we are limiting oursleves to animax anime` I might as well review Wolf's Rain ne?

One of the neglected anime titles seen in Animax. Why? Because of the god-awful timeslot. Sure it may be a tad bit violent, but ain't GTO a tad bit violent and a bucket full of hentai? What about chobits?! What about? I have no idea. But my point is that it sucks to look foawrd to this anime after a long tiring day just to sleep 30 mins. before it starts. So bah you animax. We demand a bettah timeslot!!

Next order of business, as much as I would lurv to make a plot-review, I myslef am confused. But here goes nothing. Wolf's Rain is set on the last years/months/days of earth where most life is extinct except for mangy corrupt humans. Wolves, according to one episode, is the ancestors of humans and is destined to lead the people to "Paradise", as in like save their souls, give them salvation/ saving. But, the catch is that poeple have given up hope of reaching paradise since wolves ave extinct 200 years ago. It's like saying that the Dodo bird holds the secrets of the past and the future, but we don't believe it since we know its dead/ extinct/ nada/ zip/ zero. Basically, Aristocrats have all the money while others merely survive on thier own under the what i call the "protectorate" of the aristocrats inside their Dome (a city like thingy). Demo... WOLVES STILL EXIST!! But how the hell they're gonna get themselves to paradise? That's one reason why you need to watch the series. =) **Warning: LAST TWO EPISODES LEFT!! JUST WAIT FOR THE RE-RUNS!! SAVE YOURSELVES FROM THE DEVIL OF SPOLIERS!!**

(oh man this is gonna be a long post)

Character Review!
Unlike our very much tried and tested 4 bishie anime series (Gomenasai Kazuya Minekura-sama!!), this is a tad bit new. Why? Because the major formula for our 4-bishie anime is: The brooding deadpan leader, the hot playboy (usually long-haired) sidekick, the witty calm-go-beserk most probably gay sidekick and of course the young naive one. But this time, the closest thing we could get to a playboy is a guy with no luck with girls, our sexay!hot! sidekick is the brooding thinking 2nd leader, our supposedly brooding leader is the aggresive blind from reality when with the leading lady and our young most-prolly-gay naive one is just one person. The character design is fantastic and for the fangirls out there, you'll not only be captivated by the drool-worthy art but also the wonderful characters and personalities they play! Thw animation for the animals (owls, wolves, cats, crows, dogs etc.) is just fantabulous. Realistic. From the scrunching up of the wolf's snout when its angry to the fluid grace of an owl's head when it does a 360º.

Music Review!
I don't have the OST yet =) But the entrance and the ending theme are both in english, though the second one is obviously sung by a Japanese singer. But beautiful lyrics just the same =)

Maybe I'll do the review of both epi's one and two later.

Ja ne~
[hugging Tsume-chan plushie]

Multiple Review day #3!

Because someone is in a hurry to use the pc.

Get Backers ep 11
Shuu is cute. too bas he had to say bye bye. Makubex is cool. Akabane-sama was soo cute in this epi. ;D

Get Backers ep 12
WHy must we computer freaks be labeled as evil? I like it when Akabane taunts Ginji. :D And that Ayame Magami or something like that is just so darn eeeeew!! I mean, eeeeew!! XO Shido and Ban were just so cute whn they were fighting. :D

.hack//SIGN ep 9
Poor Grunty. Poor Tsukasa.

CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan ep 23
Yokatta ne. I thought the series was going to end with them disbanded and stuff. Ah, but 3000 burgers is cool. I'd like to eat them. Mmmmmm.. Expecially during Fridays. *evil grin* Idomu, you evil person.

The Scryed Review (aka Why "Matter Alteration" Just Doesn't Appeal To Me)

It was a nice hot Saturday afternoon when I finished watching the last episode of Scryed, graciously fansubbed for my convenience (this I doubt). It was the moment after it when I started relaxing and thinking 'I can't believe I sat through 26 episodes of unclassiness.'

The prime reason I give Scryed (pronounced S(u)ku-rai-do) such a bad review is that if failed to carry on the massive interest I had in the series when I first watched it. That was actually fun, a story of conflicting characters and forces.

Let's lay out the basics: An accident causes a part of Mainland Japan to break off, isolating the inhabitants. There is an accident there, and many people are affected. Amazingly, corruption is still strife in Japan (the political system of which I shall no longer refer to on upcoming reviews) with the Mainland hogging most of the resources and funding. There is also a strange phenomenon, ability really, that occurs from this accident. A small percentage of the island's population have the ability to alter matter to a form which their subconscious wills, otherwise known as an Alter. Alters come in all shapes and sizes, from the drastically silly to the wonderfully intricate.

I'll stop here, because this concept alone tore me off. I should suppose that it is Anime, therefore they can get away with forming matter without blowing the Earth up (E=mc^2) and such... and they can also get away with amazingly high technology in 21st century Earth... hwow.

But, like most mediocre Anime, it's all clichè. And I'll explain why.

First, it's Science meets Magic. Sound familiar? The main progonist is lazy and self-willed, but has a soft spot for his very very short girlfriend. The antagonist/protagonist character is calm and calculating, and also a Class B Bishounen. He also has someone to care about, although his past hides another romance... ehem... you're starting to get my drift... I've seen it all before.

THEREFORE! I'm giving this series a 'B'! Nothing beats the power of Science/Magic mixes, no matter how improbable it gets, but no-one likes loss of originality. Shame on you, Scryed. Hopefully the next series I review isn't as painful to watch for 13 hours...

CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan ep 22

Idomu is just evil. And I love his Evil Glowing Red Eyes. Poor Nokoru. And Akira was just sooooo adorable with those little monkeys~ ^_^ I guess the whole series will now be centering on the Nokoru/Idomu relationship/rivalry/whatever you want to call it.. Lots of plot twists and expect a the start of CLAMP's trademark like "Feathers from Nowhere" and "Flower Petals from Nowhere" and the ever-famous "Out-of-Season Sakura"!

.hack//sign ep 8

Sora is a strange, strange, man. Very strange indeed. And BT is a sly fox. Crim is a justice-freak being controlled by some unknown force. Subaru is Subaru. Tsukasa still needs a shrink, and that Cat is evil. I have nothing to comment about Mimiru and Kuma-sanBear.

CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan

ep 20
Dangerous piano-playing kid.. And to think they would be smart enough that the amusement park wouldbe a trap.. The plot thickens! and a new ending theme! i wonder what kind of mysteries the Tanteidan will solve...?

ep 21
Idomu is just so cute. And he's just sooooo smart~ ^^ he's pure evil, too! what can you not like about him? But doesn't "balon" mean "well"? *shrug* oh, wait. i think it's a different language.. O_o and i think this is the first time they were defeated.. O_o poor them. This so far is the most dangerous episode they've got. so scary!!!!

Get Backers ep 10

Clay man cool. I side with Clay man. She's pretty~ Hachisu is ev0l. i hate him. and i dont think i'd like to be in the art/painting business. O_o seems to be sooooo difficult. O_o and i actually did this review while watching the episode! whooo!

.hack//SIGN ep7

No Tsukasa today. It's somewhat a Mimiru-centric episode. A-20 is cute~ ^^;

Hack... How do you write this again?
Pweh. I'm sorry I ever tried watching it again... the art leaves something to be desired, and the story is lame.. Apologies to anyone who is offended.. (except Rika.)

Get Backers ep 9

Clay Man is cool. Or at least i heard his name was Clay Man. *shrug* Himiko is still clueless. And Shido is SO in love with Madoka.

.hack//SIGN ep 6

Sora is highly amusing. BT is a bi0tch. And i pity Mimiru. *patting Mimiru* poor widdle girl.. And Tsukasa really needs a shrink.

CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan

ep 18
Suoh and Nagisa are so.. so.. it's just so right, yet so wrong!! >_< And yes, Nokoru will do anything for Suoh's happiness~ Tee hee~

ep 19
I think this was just a filler epi, but hey! it was happy~ ^_^ They went treasure hunting, and it was fun. And Nokoru had a premonition, i think.. Of what he'd be doing in the future. X timeline perhaps? Or just the next episode? We'll see~

.hack//SIGN ep 5

Crim is cool, although he's too justicy for my taste. And i dont care what Sakuraii says. i like watching .hack//SIGN, even if it's kinda dragging. Oh, and SOra is just so cool. BT is evil. And Tsukasa needs help. Is there a psychologist in the house?

Get Backers ep 8

Shido and Madoka are SO in love. Ban is cute when his hair is combed(or rained) down. Tee hee~ And yes, wolves are the best kind of attackers there are. Go Monkey Man! Uh, I mean, Shido! ^__^