Skyfall and Youtube Rewind Style!

Hello!
Well, a couple days ago, I went to watch the James Bond movie, Skyfall, with my family.
Actually, it was more like I was bribed with popcorn and food, but the point is that I went to watch it.
I have never previously watched any James Bond movies before, so you could say that I'm not exactly a fan, but I have to admit that the move was pretty well made.
It begins in Istanbul, with James Bond and his partner, Eve, chasing a dangerous mercenary named Patrice, who has gotten information about the identities of other M16 (Secret Intelligence Service) agents. James Bond (now shot in the shoulder) and Patrice end up on top of a train, and Eve tries to snipe the mercenary down, missing and shooting Bond. He then goes missing and is thought to have died.
Later, M, head of the M16, is being pressured to retire by Gareth Mallory, the Intelligence and Security Committee Chairman. When she heads back to headquarters, she discovers that the M16 server, as well as her computer have been hacked into. Soon after, she witnesses an explosion at the offices, and the M16 is forced to move to their emergency underground offices.
Bond is found to be alive, and returns to the M16 when he learns of the explosion, he is tested as to whether he is fit to continue serving as an agent. M approves of him, and using the bullet fragments that Patrice shot into Bond, they identify him. M then commands Bond to recover the stolen hard drive with information on the agents, discover who hired Patrice, and kill him.

I think that that's all I'll reveal for now, but if you want to know what happens, just go and watch it!!! ^^ I'm warning you though, it's PG-13, but there is some sexuality in it O.O Also, lots of stuff is revealed in the middle of the movie, so if you're a bit confused, I think that everything will clear up around then.
Here's the lyric video for the opening song, sung by Adele, just for fun.

Also, before I go, I wanted to share the Rewind Youtube Style 2012 Video with everyone!!!! It's super awesome.

This video is basically a bunch of things from 2012 put together in a a single video. There are so many people in it! Here are the ones that I know:

• Walk off the Earth
• Psy
• Alphacat as Obama from the Epic Rap Battles of History
• KassemG
• Daily Grace as Katniss (before I knew her as Idol from MyMusic)
• Two people dressed as Karmin
• Annoying Orange as Red Bull jumping guy
• ABunchOfStuffThatGoesSoFastThatICan'tTellHowManyVideosAreInIt, but I did see EpicLLOYD as Mitt Romney from Epic Rap Battles of History and Overly Attached Girlfriend
• FreddieW as Halo Master Chief
• MineCraft
• Smosh
• Person as Carly Rae Jepson
• ChesterSee
• iJustine on the violin
• Epic Meal Time
• ShitGirlsSay in the party bus
• GloZell in the party bus
• JennaMarbles in the party bus
• Nigahiga as Red Bull jumping guy
• AnotherSetOfABunchOfStuffThatGoesSoFastThatICan'tTellHowManyVideosAreInIt, but I saw the Dumb Ways to Die video, Epic Rap Battles of History, and Angry Dad Shoots Teen's Laptop video

I think that's most of it, but if you want to know the other people who I missed (I'msosorry, I'msosorry, I'msosorry), then just check the description below or watch the credits at the end.

Also be sure to watch the Behind the Scenes Video (there's a link at the end of the video).

That's all for today guys!!! Bye! :D

SAO Ep. 9 "Blue-Eyed Demon" Review

*Warning: This post contains SPOILERS. If you do not want to be spoiled, DO NOT READ THIS POST

....I warned you... O.O*

Hello! Welcome to the Review of Episode 9 of SAO, "Blue-Eyed Demon"!
Last time, we left off with Asuna and Kirito partying together. They opened the door to the boss and saw the boss monster, The Gleam Eyes.

Kirito and Asuna talk.

The two are so frightened that they turn back and run away as fast as they can. When they get far enough, the two stop and sit down. They discuss about a plan to defeat the boss and eat Asuna's homemade food again (another cute moment between them :3). Asuna also questions Kirito about why he carries only a one-handed sword without a shield, making Kirito extremely uncomfortable, but soon drops the topic.
Then, the guild, the Fuurinkazan, led by Kirito's friend, Klein, run into them, followed by another guild, called the Army, led by a man named Cobalt. The man asks Kirito to give him the mapping data to the boss room, and he willingly hands it over.

The group then leaves, and Kirito, Asuna, and Klein become worried that they would challenge the boss. They go after them, and when they arrive at the boss door, the find that the room is an Anti-crystal zone, where players can not use any type of crystals, including teleport crystals. Cobalt dies in front of Kirito and Asuna, and Asuna rushes into the room at The Gleam Eyes, followed by Kirito. They fight, but all the players' health  slowly go down. Realizing the dangerous situation, Kirito unleashes his skill, the Duel Blades. He uses his two strongest swords, the Elucidator and Dark Repulser to pretty much solo The Gleam Eyes by himself.

  

Hellz Yah!!!! >:D The Duel Blades is finally REVEALED!!!!!

When he finally defeats the boss, Kirito's health is in the red zone and he faints.
He wakes up a couple minutes later, and tells the others, that it was a Unique Skill that only he could use and how he didn't know how he got it.
Then, Klein and the rest of the rest of the Fuurinzakan go unlock the next floor, Asuna declares that she would take a break from her guild, KoB.
The next day, Kirito is at his friend Agil's shop because thousands of people wanted to know more about his Duel Blades Skill. Lizbeth is also there and says that it was Kirito's fault for revealing their secret (It seems that only she knew about it since she made Kirito's second sword, the Elucidator). Suddenly, Asuna rushes in, saying that Heathcliff, the KoB leader, wanted to meet Kirito.
The pair go to KoB headquarters, where they meet Heathcliff. He then challenges Kirito to a duel. If Kirito won, Asuna could take a break from the guild, but if he lost, Kirito would join the Knights of the Blood.
Kirito accepts the challenge and the episode ends.

Heathcliff challenges Kirito.

I thought this episode was overall: epic.
I mean, Kirito solos a frigging boss monster by himself!!!!!
I was like "omgomgomgomgomgomgomg!!!! this is so AWESOME!!!!!!" the whole time!!! >.<

This episode was really aweosme, but so is the next one!!! So I really hope you'll join me next time too!!! Bye!!! :D

Merry Christmas!!! + My Crazy Dream

Hello! It's been a while!!! ^^
Sorry, I didn't post anything last weekend. It's because my winter break started and I had to go to my Mom's house and everything, so I was pretty busy. I will try my best to keep posting whenever I can, but I may forget sometimes so....yeah. Anyways...

I probably should say "Merry late Christmas!" though. And so I will.
Here's a picture of my Adventure Quest Worlds Character!!! :D

Yes, I'm considered a noob now in the game because I'm only level 26, but that's only cause I don't play as much as I used to!!! >:(
...yes that's a flaming marshmallow...

Anyways, Christmas was great for me this year. I got to spend it with my Mom, which doesn't usually happen. I also got a Nintendo 3DS, which I'm so happy about!!! :3
I know that you're suppose to feel good and happy about giving stuff during the Holidays (and I really did give stuff to my family), but I'm just so happy!!! >.< Well, it's good that I didn't get something like a white-out pen this time...no really, I actually did get one before...O.O

Now, let me tell you about this crazy dream I had last night. I wanted to tell you guys this because I don't usually remember my dreams, but this time I did, so I want to write down most of it before I forget :)
Anyways, the dream starts with my friend, let's call her Sheila (younger than me by a few years), and my brother (I don't remember whether I told you name or not...but let's call him Aaron), and the three of us went to a beach. We were walking around and stuff and we saw a bunch of people with yellow and black eels crawling around them, which should freak me out, but I didn't for some reason. And for some reason, the eel looked like the one in the movie, How to Train Your I have a , that Toothless didn't like (maybe it's cause I rewatched it recently)
Then, after a while, we met Jennifer Lopez, for some reason, and she started talking to us explaining how some of the rumors about her were completely untrue, even though Sheila, Aaron, and I didn't really care about anything. Then, she started playing in the sand with Sheila and she was really nice. Then, all of a sudden, my two other friends from school, let's call them Audrey and Simon, sneak up behind me and scare the *@$%$# out of meh!!! Jennifer Lopez tells me and Aaron (at this point, Sheila just disappears somehow) to get into the car we came in. She starts the car and drives off to her house, which is in my neighborhood (again, this is a dream). She then goes into her house and leaves me and Aaron outside.
Now, Aaron and I are super nervous and confused. There are people who pass by in front of her house (which looks surprisingly normal) suspiciously looking at us, and after a while, the two of us decide that we should just make it back to our house by ourselves. Since both of us can't drive, we got out scooters from the car trunk and started to go down the hill. Then, I meet Tinkerbell (...TINKERBELL!!!!). We ask for directions, and she tells us how to get back to our home. She also tells me that I have a delivery that could get from a fairy called, "Catherine". I wonder a bit while Aaron just gets farther and farther ahead (also, for some reason, he has a pink and purple, small, girly bike now). I meet a bunch of fairies that don't even belong to Disney until I meet a fairy in orange that looks like Ty Lee from Avatar...

Wait, let's stop the story for a bit.. Doesn't Ty Lee look a lot like this fairy (whose name is Fawn I now know) SEEE!!!!!????? LOOK AT THE SIMILARITIES!!!!!

Anyways, I meet this "Catherine" Fairy, (who is actually Fawn) and she gives me the delivery.....which was a bowl of soup. It really looked like water, but when I drank it, it tasted like chicken noodle soup without the chicken or the noodle.

Then, I caught up to Aaron, and we made a stop at a bike shop because my scooter was getting really messed up. We bought a bag, which had the pieces for the bike, and I tried to put it together, but no matter what I did, nothing would work. Also at that time, there was another mother-daughter pair who kept saying stuff about how they would "arrest us". I forget the reason why, but it probably had to do something with meeting Jennifer Lopez.

Eventually, I gave up, and put all the tiny pieces into the backpack they came in. Then, Aaron and I set off down a hill towards the beach.
And only at that moment did I think that it was weird, because I didn't remember anything about a huge hill going towards the beach in our neighborhood. Everything became kind of hazy after that and I woke.

Anyways, that was a really long and weird dream O.o
There are dozens of places where I could have thought, "This is kind of weird. Is this a dream?", yet I never did!!!
And now that I think about it more, I think I know where dreamt up some things. (Because you know how people say that dreams are a collection of things that we saw/know already) I already said that the yellow and black eels were from How to Train Your Dragon, I have absolutely no idea where I saw Jennifer Lopez anywhere recently (probably some ad or something), and the Disney Fairies are from a French cosplayer on Deviantart called clefchan. (make sure to check her page out!!! :D)
She's a super awesome cosplayer!!! Everything looks so professional!!! ^^ Here's a picture of her as Tinkerbell.

The girl on the right is where I got Catherine/Fawn

Anyways, I'm pretty tired already. -.- I think I'll post about more stuff later today. Bye!!! ^^

SAO Ep. 8 "Black & White Sword Dance" Review

*Warning: This post contains SPOILERS. If you do not want to be spoiled, DO NOT READ THIS POST

....I warned you... O.O*

Welcome to the review for episode 8 of SAO, "Black & White Sword Dance"!!!

Almost two years have passed since Sword Art Online became a death game, and the 74th floor is currently the highest floor. In the beginning of the episode, Kirito is runs across a rare S-class ingredient, the Ragout Rabbit, and successfully kills it. He brings it to Agil to sell because he doesn't know anyone with a high enough cooking level to cook it. Then, Asuna comes in and, having mastered her cooking skill, agrees to cook the meat in exchange for eating half of it.

Aw.....it's so cute =^^= It totally knows that it's screwed though :P

...Also, would anyone care to explain how that cute, fluffy, red-eyed rabbit turned into this lump of meat?

Her bodyguard, Kuradeel, also from the Knights of the Blood Oath, strongly disagrees with Asuna's choice, calling Kirito a suspicious-looking, selfish beater. Asuna then leaves Kuradeel behind, dragging Kirito off to her house on the 61st floor of Selmburg.

After cooking and eating, Kirito and Asuna discuss about how people have been adjusting to the game. They talk about how most people have been getting used to daily life in SAO and how only about 500 players are left that were clearing the floors. Then, Asuna gets Kirito to agree with partying with her the next day.

I'm glad that I'm not the only one who threatens people with kitchen utensils to get what I want...

By the way, this is Asuna getting Kirito to agree to party with her.

The next day, Kirito waits for Asuna on the 74th floor, when Asuna suddenly teleports and lands on him. (Kirito accidentally (?) gropes her :P) Kuradeel quickly appears after her, saying that she should return to the KoB headquarters. Kirito stops him from taking Asuna away, and enraged, Kuradeel challenges him to a duel to prove that only he could protect Asuna. Kirito easily defeats him.

Hell yeah!!!! If you look closely, you'll see that Kuradeel's sword broke.

Kuradeel then takes out a second sword, but Asuna stops him and sends him back to headquarters.

Kirito and Asuna then go through the dungeon, mapping the area as they go. They arrive at the boss door, and agree to take a peek before leaving. When they open the door, they see the boss monster, "The Gleam-Eyes".

Self-explanatory picture... -.-

I thought that this was, yet again, another great episode. The beginning was nice and fun, but it slowly got more and more serious.

....GAHHH!!!! I really have no idea what to say!!!! >.<

I guess I'm only good at summaries -.- Instead of reviews, these should be called "SAO Summaries"...oh well.

I can say that Kuradeel becomes kind of important later on...he appears again in Episode 10....as a villain! Well, I already think he is a villain. He looks so old and creepy. That reminds me. How old is he anyway? SAO is a game, but he looks like he's in his 50's or something!!! *sigh*

Well, I can't wait to make my next review/summary of the next few episodes :3 I think that they my favorites! ^^

Bye and join me next time!!!! :D

BRONY!!!!

Hello!
Recently there have been two songs that I find myself singing to a lot. The first is "The A Team", sung by Ed Sheeran. This song really touches me and it has a really nice melody. While I was listening to it (it's on the radio a lot), I started getting this idea for a photo or drawing that has to do with a lyric from the song. If I ever get to do it, I'll post it on here. ^^ Anyways, here's "The A Team".

The second is a brony song called "Discord"...I think. I'm not too sure because I'm still very confused. Here it is.

Anyways, after I watched this next video, below, I think I understand the My Little Pony world better now.
It's basically an hour-long review of everything MLP. It's actually pretty interesting; I watched the whole entire thing. But if you don't want to, here's a summary.

This guy, whose Youtube username is Saberspark, spent months researching My Little Pony, starting from generation one in...1981 was it? He explains the MLP history from the toys to the specials to the multiple series, describing the characters and plots. Then, he goes to the fans--the bronies! He talks about and shows brony-made drawings, songs/remixes, and captions. Finally, he ends his video with why bronies are labeled as deviants. I totally agree with him about this topic, as he says that there are a bunch of people who don't even watch MLP and judge others who do. What did bronies do wrong? HAVE THEY EVER DONE ANYTHING WRONG TO YOU!!!????? D:<
Anyways, in this video, he shows montages about works made by bronies. And I am amazed about how much dedication they have. There are tons of pictures and songs that I love, but I wouldn't be able to fit them all onto this post, so I'll just leave it to you to look up! ;P
You know, I think I'm slowly turning into a brony as well. I'm tempted to watch the series (don't have TV though...I'll find a way) and draw fan-art. -.-
Anyways, I'll see you next time! :D

SAO Ep. 7 "Warmth of Heart" Review

*Warning: This post contains SPOILERS. If you do not want to be spoiled, DO NOT READ THIS POST

....I warned you... O.O*

Hello and welcome to the review of Episode 7, "Warmth of Heart", of Sword Art Online!

Now, just so you know, this episode is another side story with another girl falling in love with Kirito -.- Just saying. Also, Kirito gets new clothes, which he wears for the rest of the time while in Aincrad. If you look up a picture of him, he is most likely wearing this.

It begins with Asuna visiting her friend, Lisbeth (or "Liz"), a blacksmith of Aincrad. Lisbeth guesses that Asuna got herself a boyfriend or has a crush on someone (which is totally true) because she had new earrings.
The next day, Kirito comes to her smith shop requesting her to make a sword that is better or at the same level of the sword he already had, the Elucidator. She gives him the best sword she had ever made, and while testing it out, Kirito accidentally breaks it.

"Whoops..."

Enraged for breaking her best work, Lisbeth tells Kirito that she could make a good sword with the right materials. She tells him to come with her to collect a legendary metal, said to be formed inside the stomach of a dragon who ate crystals.

The two travel up a mountain to the dragon. Kirito tells Liz to hide behind some crystals while he fights. Halfway through the fight, however, Lisbeth comes out from hiding, thinking that Kirito has won. The dragon blows her away, and Kirito grabs her to protect her from the impact. They both fall into a deep hole where they can't teleport out of. Kirito tries to run up the walls to escape, but falls and ends up making a hole with an impression of himself.

...Fail.

The two end up spending the night in the hole. Liz asks Kirito to hold her hand, and there is a cute moment :3 

Awww.....I don't really support Liz and Kirito (as a couple), but this is still pretty cute :3

When Liz wakes up, Kirito is digging a hole. He says he found the metal they were searching for, called the Crystalline Ingot, and hands it to Liz. He tells her that others never found it, even after killing the dragon, because the hole they were in was actually the dragon's nest and the ingot is actually the dragon's...poop. The two, knowing that the dragon is nocturnal, then find that the dragon would return to sleep in the morning. Right after they figure this out though...the dragon returns.

Aww...crap. We're screwed.

Kirito grabs Liz and jumps onto the dragon's back, stabbing it with his sword. The dragon carries the two up in the air, and Kirito and Lisbeth free fall down. While falling, Liz confesses to Kirito, but Kirito didn't hear her because of the wind.

There's supposed to be a beautiful sunrise behind them, but

I couldn't find any good pictures. I guess that means that you're

just going to have to watch the episode yourself

if you want to see it ... :P

The two make go back to Lisbeth's smith shop. She successfully makes a sword that Kirito likes with the ingot, called "Dark Repulser". Kirito tries to pay her for the sword, but she refuses saying that instead she wants him to make her his exclusive blacksmith. Then, Asuna rushes in saying she was worried about Liz when she couldn't find/call her. Later, Asuna notices that Kirito was there too.

Liz discovers that the person Asuna likes is Kirito and is immediately heartbroken. She tells her "good luck" with a smile on her face to be a good friend, but soon leaves the shop to cry. The episode ends with Kirito finding Liz and the two make up and become friends.

I think that this was another good episode. There is a lot of character development (Liz goes from hating Kirito to falling in love with him), and the main character seemed to be Liz instead of Kirito this time. There are a bunch of cute and funny moments :3

Well, Liz becomes a fairly important character later in the light novel/volumes. I'm not too sure about the anime, because I don't know how long it is. I forgot to mention, but Silica becomes fairly important too.

There was one thing that I was confused about in this episode though. In Lisbeth's Smith Shop, there's a picture of her with a couple other guys. she looks younger, but it has only been a bit after year since the game SAO became a death game. I still can't find out what that picture is about, but oh well! -.-

Anyways, I hoped you enjoyed this review!

I found an English version of the closing song of SAO, "Yume Sekai" or "Dream World". It's sung by Amanda Lee, who sung the English version of "Crossing Field" that I posted earlier. I also heard that this will be used when the dub Sword Art Online in English. ^^ Enjoy and Bye! :D

12/12/12....was yesterday

Hello! I don't have much time, but there are some things I wanted to post :)
First off, I overslept today. For the first time in my life.
I was late to school and I'm still totally bummed about it -.- I can't believe that I overslept!!!

Anyways, now to the more important topic:
Yesterday was December 12th, 2012, or 12/12/12!!!
And yesterday, 12/12/12, at 12:12pm at 12 seconds on my friend's watch, I.....


opened a bag of Goldfish!!!! :D
I'm not kidding. I really did. I bought them for 50 cents at 12:11pm just so I could open them at 12:12pm and eat them with my friends. It turns out though, that while I went to buy them, my friends started to say that they should wish for something at that very moment (I heard this later). I didn't wish for anything because I didn't know, but hey! I got to open a bag of Goldfish and eat them! :D Plus, there's always next time, which is.....in ten years! Which is good because I'll still be alive!!!! :D
The next time something like this should happen should be on February 22nd, 2022, which is 2/22/22. I'll just wish for something then...if I remember o.o

Well, it's said that the apocalypse is next week on the 21st of December, which just so happens to be the last day of school before winter break for me. So, if we all die then, my last moments would probably be spent with my classmates and teachers, which isn't as bad as others would think (I actually really like school).
But, I'm also planning on wearing a Santa hat and giving out candy canes for Christmas that day, so if the apocalypse is true, I would also be wearing a ridiculous looking, itchy, Santa hat. . . . . O.O
Oh well.
I remember hearing that sometime during the end of December this year, the planets would line up or something and there would a period of time where we had no electricity. I have no clue if it's true because I heard it quite a while ago (I do have a good memory though) and the person who said that just so happens to be my uncle, who jokes around a lot (and I have no clue when he is or isn't kidding).
I guess we'll find that out later too.

Well, I'm running out of time now, and I think that I've said a lot more than I had intended too, but just before I leave, here is a video of AWOLNATION's song, "Sail", which has been stuck in my head a lot recently. In my opinion, I think it's better than their other songs. Enjoy and Bye!

Photos!

Hello! :D

I feel so bad because recently, I've been totally forgetting about everyone's birthdays. First was my friend, let's call him Nathan, who's birthday was December 2nd (he even reminded me, but I forgot... TT^TT) then my cousin, whose birthday I remembered when my father told me to sign a card for her, and then my dad, whose birthday is either today or tomorrow....(I just remember that my cousin and his birthday are on the 9th and the 10th so I kind of got them mixed up and forgot which day it was on :P) I'm such a bad person. TT.TT I think that I'm also a pretty bad gift-giver because I don't know what other people want. That's probably because I'm not really close to any of my friends. I have never gone to any of their houses before, and only recently invited some of them over to my house (although it was for a school project). I call them friends, but I think that we're really more like acquaintances, which makes me feel bad :'(

I usually make friends with people I like to listen and/or talk to. After a while, when I get to know them a bit better, I either stay at the "same level" of friendship, or slowly lose touch with them, until we barely know each other. I guess you could say that I have a very low commitment with relationships with other people. -.-

Well, yesterday I made a SAO review, right? About the murder cases in the series? You know how I said that it was "also nice is that this is actually part of the light novels too"? (And if you don't, now you know.) I think that I may be wrong... :\

At night yesterday, I was reading the light novel, when I came across a scene that wasn't in either episodes Now you're probably saying, "Yeah, yeah. There's a scene that they cut out from the episodes. So what?" Well, I'll tell you what!!!??? This scene was in fact very important!!!! In it...oh wait I forgot the spoiler warning sign...hold on....

I AM ABOUT TO SPOIL A BIT ABOUT THE LIGHT NOVEL SWORD ART ONLINE. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SPOILED JUST SKIP TO THE HUGGGGEEEE GAP OF SPACE BELOW!!!! >.<

Anyways, in the scene, Asuna, Kirito, and Agil went to the first floor of Aincrad to see the "Monument of Life", which is kind of like a huge stone with all the player's names on it. Once a player dies, his or her name is crossed out, and the time and cause of death are listed by it.

In this scene, the three go to check whether Grimlock is still alive or not, and they find that he is. But, but, they also check Kains' name, and find that he did actually die, as his name was crossed out and the time of his death was correct.

This actually surprised me a lot because if his name is crossed out, then that means he really did die. I don't think that in the game, the server would allow a player to fake their death and cross out their own name. This made me super nervous, because now, I don't know how this side story will actually end. It might have the same ending, or it could have a completely different one.

Recently, I've taken a photography class, and so I've been taking a lot pictures. So, here are some of the ones that I really like ^^

For this picture, I stacked up a bunch of origami boxes that I had made and kept over the years and took a picture from the top.
The assignment was "A New Perspective".

This is of a tree that is actually in my front yard.

The teacher wanted us to take pictures of things with "natural frames". So I took a picture from under the tree looking up. I wanted the branches to be the "frame". 

Before this class, I had never really used Photoshop that much, so this is actually one of the first pictures I used with it. I would say that it is also one of my favorites :D I had been planning on taking this picture for a long time.

I used Photoshop on this picture too. 

I wanted it to look pretty plain, so I just used one of the pixel filters, crystallize (or whatever you call it).

I think that I already posted the original of this photo on this blog before. It should be the one where I threw up my dog's toy and took a picture of it against the ceiling.

This is one of my more recent photos. I'm supposed to be taking a photo essay, and so, after a very hard time of deciding on which topic/theme I should take, I chose the theme of different "leaves".

This one actually came out better than I expected. The leaves curled in and were arranged in little blossoms, so I stuck my camera near the center of the bundles and took a picture upwards. I think I got this on my first shot :D

Well, that's all I have really to say today. I hope you enjoyed my pictures and me talking. ^^ Bye!

SAO Ep. 5-6 Review

*Warning: This post contains SPOILERS. If you do not want to be spoiled, DO NOT READ THIS POST

....I warned you... O.O*

Hello! Today, I'm going to review Sword Art Online, Episode 5, "A Murder Case in the Area" and Episode 6 "Phantom Avenger". I'm reviewing two episodes at one time because they are both part of one side story.

This story basically begins when Kirito naps under a tree and Asuna calls him lazy, but sits down and sleeps as well. When Asuna wakes up, she discovers that Kirito had been guarding her from possible player-kills (PK) during the hours she had slept and decides to treat Kirito to a meal to show her thanks. They go to a town, and in the middle of their meal, they hear a scream. They find that a man stabbed by a spear was hanging from the church. Although they try to save him, he becomes limp dies.

Well this is a bit self-explanatory.

Asuna and Kirito try to determine how a player was killed in the town, an Anti-Criminal Code Effect Area, where harm could not be brought to the players unless they accepted a duel. They meet a female player named Yoruko, who tells them that the victim was named Kains and that they had been a part of the same guild before. She also says that she could have seen a shadow behind Kains before he died. This prompts Asuna and Kirito to think whether  it was possible for someone to have developed a skill that allows them to PK in a safe-zone.

Asuna and Kirito bring the murder weapon to Agil, a merchant and Kirito's friend (check Episode 2). They learn that the weapon's name is "Guilty Thorn" and was made by a player called "Grimlock". After presenting the information to Yoruko, she tells them that Grimlock was also a part of the guild that Kains and herself were once a part of, called Golden Apple. She explains that the guild was lead by Griselda, Grimlock's wife in the game, and that before disbanding, they had acquired a powerful ring that was dropped from a monster. The eight members voted on whether to sell it or use it, but the majority wanted to sell it. So, Griselda went out one day to sell the ring, but died and never came back.

Yoruko just went crazy...O.O

The three meet again, this time with Schmit, another former member of the Golden Apple. Yoruko declares that the murderer is Grimlock and he is hunting down the members who voted on using the rare ring to avenge Griselda who wanted to sell it. Then a thrown knife suddenly hits her back and she falls out of the window, dieing.

In the next episode, Kirito sees a cloked figure outside and tries to chase him. He fails, and the figure teleported away. Schmit then says that the murderer is actually Griselda's ghost because ghosts may be able to PK inside a safe area.

Oi,oi,oi! Something's wrong with this sentence...

Gosh this looks delicious! Because of her sandwiches, there are

a lot of jokes about how Kirito stays with Asuna because of "sandwich-san". ^.^

Later, Asuna and Kirito talk about marriage in the game (like how married couples can share items) as they eat Asuna's sandwiches. Kirito accidentally drops his sandwich and, because its durability couldn't last any longer, the sandwich disappears. At this moment, Kirito realizes that Kains and Yoruko never really did die; their armors lost their durability and disappeared, and at that moment, the two used teleportation crystals to leave. Meanwhile, Schmit had gone to Griselda's grave to apologize, saying that he only did what a note told him to and that he didn't expect her to die. He is confronted by Yoruko and Kains, and soon three Laughing Coffin guild members (red guild--they kill players) appear. Kirito come just in time to save them, and makes the Laughing Coffin members retreat.

You tell him Asuna!!! >:D

Then, Asuna appears with Grimlock who confesses that he killed Griselda, who was actually both his ingame and real wife. He said that he did it because he could not stand that his wife, who was kind in reality, become a fearless and powerful guild leader, to which Asuna says that he was just being possessive.

In the end, Yoruko, Kains, and Schmit take Grimlock into custody and Asuna and Kirito see the ghost of Griselda smiling to thank them.

This last part was so beautiful!!! TTvTT. I felt all warm and fuzzy inside ^^

Well, overall, I really enjoyed these two episodes. It's really nice to see a change in pace in the series. When I first began watching, I had no idea that there was going to be a type of murder mystery episode(s) in the series. And what's also nice is that this is actually part of the light novels too! I think it's from volume 8, and I'm actually reading it right now! :D (Yeah...I started SAO, the light novel around the time I started watching the episodes....it's been so long, and I'm still not finished -.-)

Anyways, these two episodes were very nice.

Remember to watch SAO everyone!!! :D Bye!!!

Inu x Boku SS

Hello!!!
It's been a while everyone!!! >.<
I've been a bit busy recently. There's just so much work!!!! >n<
Anyways, I just happen to have time right now, so I wanted to make a post! ^^
Today, I'm going to be doing another manga/anime review!!! :D That's right!!! ANOTHER one!!!! :D
Yeah...sorry if you're tired of them already, but I just can't help it!!! There are so many good mangas/animes out there!!! >.<

It's called Youko x Boku SS, and it's a manga with an anime adaption (called Inu x Boku Secret Service; "Secret Service" is what the "SS" stands for) by Cocoa Fujiwara.
It's a Shounen manga with comedy, romance, drama, and most importantly, supernatural characters.
I started off reading the manga, but sadly, it is not completed yet :'( (and I'm only on volume 5 anyways -.-)
I did hear, however, that volumes 1-4 is only Part 1, the introduction. That really surprised me. I thought that we were already in part of the plot. I hope that means that the manga will be very long ^w^

Anyways, Inu x Boku SS (by the way, there are multiple names. I just like this one best) is about a rich girl named Ririchiyo Shirakiin who moves to the luxurious apartment building, Maison de Ayakashi, to live by herself. She has a "tsunshun" personality (I did not make that word up, I got it from the volumes), which is kind of like "tsundere" (when someone is really mean, but cute and nice sometimes, or when a person says mean words with good intentions), except she says mean things, but immediately regrets it and becomes gloomy. People who move to this building get bodyguards from a company called the Secret Service. Ririchiyo originally did not want one, but ends up meeting Souishi Miketsukami, a SS agent, who insists on becoming her bodyguard.

The main characters!

Ririchiyo is the girl with long purple hair in the top row, 2nd to the right.

Miketsukami is the guy with short hair and in a suit, also in the top row, 2nd from the left. 

Earlier, I said that this was a supernatural manga right? Well, to not spoil all of it, I will say this: there are youkai (demons) that live in this building. (Oooooooohhhhhh!!!! Scarrrryyy!!!! Just kidding! There really are youkai characters, but it's still a funny manga.) I will say no more!!! I think you'll understand it better if you read the manga yourself. Also, the first few chapters are a bit confusing, but you'll get the situation better after reading more.

The anime is the same. I suggest that you watch the first 2-3 episodes before deciding whether to abandon it or not. I'm only on episode 6 of the anime, so I don't know that much about it, but it's extremely similar to the manga.

Well, I've run out of time now. I might have more time later in the night, but for now, I have to go back to work.
Bye! :)

Hello there!
Sorry about not posting more this week, I am a bit busy now.
But, anyways, I wanted to make a short review on this manga that I'm currently reading. It's called Taiyou no Ie, by Taamo (A romance Shoujo manga).
This manga is basically about a girl named Motomiya Mao, a high school student in Japan. She has divorced parents who have both remarried, so she does not feel at home with them. The Nakamura family, her neighbors, were the only people who felt like true family to her, but the parents both have died, and Nakamura Hiro, the eldest brother (23-years-old) is the only one left at the house (his younger brother and sister were adopted by other relatives). One day, Mao starts to live with Hiro because she can't take it at home. The story then progresses, talking about how Hiro hopes that his siblings will come home so they can live as a family, Mao and her father's strained relationship, and Mao's love life.

Cover of Volume 7

I really enjoyed this manga because I don't think that there are a lot of other mangas like this. I also feel a connection to Mao and can relate to her about her parents' divorce/remarriage (especially her father's). There are a bunch of cute moments and TONS of misunderstandings, so I guess it can be a bit addictive....that sentence didn't really make sense...oh well!

And now I have to go. I hope that I can finish my work next week, but I'm kind of busy during this time period so I don't know if I'll get to. I'll try really, really, hard though! Bye! :D