Free! Episode 3 Reactions

Spoilers Contained Inside!!! You have been warned OwO...

Hi guys! This is my crappy reaction post of Episode 3 of Free! Iwatobi Swim Club! ENJOY!

Reactions During:

• OMGAHSDKFJ!!! The way Nagisa turns his head against Haru's side is so cute!!! >ヮ<
• Ryugazaki's a psychic!! (lol more like Nagisa's just predictable)
• An improvement! Haru's not stripping when he sees water now!
• "Look at those deltoids!" -Gou Matsuoka ♥∇♥
• "His biceps were beautiful!" -Gou Matsuoka ♥∇♥
• The way Rei pushes up his glasses are quite different from other anime characters
• "It defies reason!" -Rei Ryugazaki ლ(ಠ益ಠლ
• Finland!! wait, Iceland? (Nah that's just Nitori, false alarm ≖_≖)
• When Nagisa praises Rei's form while pole vaulting: My shipping senses are tingling! ✧ω✧
• "Haru-chan-san" -Rei Ryugazaki
• Yay! The Mastsuoka siblings finally meet in person again!
• He can't swim (knew it). What are you guys doing hurry up and save him!!! 
• Gosh the water animation really is beautiful ◕◡◕
• DAFUQ!?? What's up with that pose!!?? щ(°Д°щ) It's like a huge "✖"!!!

Thoughts After:

• I bet that there is a NagisaxRei ship out there thanks to this episode. There's probably also RinxHaru, HaruxMakoto, GouxMakoto, GouxNagisa, and GouxThe-captain-guy ships (it's pretty much every character with every other character, really .__.)
• I feel like there's less manservice. Or maybe I'm just getting used to it (kind of like how once you see so much fanservice, you start to not care anymore and ignore it)
• There's actually less manservice in each episode than I initially thought ⊙‸⊙

You may have noticed that I included quotes this time. I'm thinking of trying to keep track of everything Gou (and possibly Rei) says just for the heck of it :\

That's all for now! ^^

lol no favorite moment this time :P

More Hetalia~! (Deal with it!)

Hi guys!
Recently, I've been getting really into Hetalia (well, on tumblr on Youtube at least) So, I thought I might share a few things :)
So, thanks to tumblr, I now know of and love (or love more) a whole bunch of Hetalia characters and groups, including the Nordics, Hong Kong, Kirkland Family, and the Tomato Gang. Fanart of them are just so cute ¯///v////¯ I've also seen a few things that just pounded me in the face with sad feels, like American Revolution Fanart.
The other thing that I've found recently are these birthday scenario memes. There too hard and I'm kind too lazy to explain, so here are two of them with my favorites outcomes:

The very first one that I found, which I'm extremely happy with,

since it says that I get to play video games with Taiwan!!! >v<

Get Married to Norway...I wouldn't mind, I wouldn't mind that at all >.>

And finally, the last Hetalia-related thing that I wanted to share are the character and group theme songs!
The first one I found was of the Nordic 5, called "Always With You" on tumblr (yay!) After that, I looked up other songs on Youtube, and now I especially love Japan's "Excuse me, I'm Sorry" for its catchy tune, Hong Kong's "Maji Kandou" for its awesome beat and hilarious lyrics (Prussia has lost the right to call himself awesome!), and China's "Nihao China" and "Aiyaa Four Thousand Years" (Made me cry and get goosebumps all over, I don't even know why). Others that I also enjoyed are England's "Pub & Go", Iceland's "With Love from Iceland", and Taiwan's "Poi Poi Poi". ^^

Now, on a completely different note, Comic-con, which took place in San Diego this year, just ended a couple days ago...AND I AM SO JEALOUS OF EVERYONE AND ANYONE WHO COULD GO! >.< I've never gone to Comic-con before (the only con I've ever gone to is Anime Expo, actually .__.), but it looks really fun. ;_; If I could have gone this year, I would do the following:

• go to the Legend of Korra panel, see/meet Mike and Bryan, and watch the first episode of Korra Book 2 that they debuted there
• go to Wong Fu Productions' booth and buy Awkward Animals and Nice Guy shirts. Also, try to make it to their Meet & Greet
• see cosplay
• dress in cosplay

Oh well...I'm pretty much broke from AX anyways :P

That's all for now guys, bye! XD

Anime Expo 2013!

Hello! This post will be about my visit to Anime Expo (like...2 weeks ago. I've been lazing around, I admit it -__-）Don't expect too much though. It's been a while, plus all I really did was look around at stalls.
Unfortunately, this year, my friends and I were only able to go through the Artist Alley and Exhibit Hall (no panels :'( ). It was our first year for all of us, so we got pretty tired quickly. We had originally planned to head there in the morning at 8am and leave around 6pm. In the end, we only hung around for about six hours :\
But, Anime Expo was still really cool! There were so many fellow otakus and cosplayers everywhere! ^^
When we first arrived, the Artist Alley and Exhibit Hall hadn't opened yet, so we walked around the lobby and took pictures of cosplayers. Unexpectedly (at least to me), there were a lot of Adventure Time and Homestuck fans at Anime Expo. I also didn't expect to see that many couples that were cosplaying together. One really cute couple cosplayed as a Mincraft player and a creeper. It was so cute <3
When the upper floors at AX finally opened, my friends and I went straight to Yummei's table in the Artist Alley. I got to buy her book, 1000 Words, and one of her prints. :D I also met a artist I didn't know, named Angela (her username is AsianPanties on deviantart, which I now follow) and bought two of her prints. At the Artist Alley, there was a lot of Free! (which was released just the day before I went) and Sherlock stuff, which my friends fangirl about... .___.
After eating lunch outside, we went back in to look around the Exhibit Hall. Two of my friends wanted some Maple Story stuff, so the rest of us walked around and explored. I saw a lot of interesting things, like wigs, mangas, katanas, masks, alpacas, and plushies.
After that, we pretty much went home. °_________________°

I brought back a total of nine things, listed below:

• Yuumei's 1000 Words
• A Wolf print from Yuumei
• A Pokemon Starters print and Link print from Angela
• Izaya VS Shizuo T-shirt (for me)
• Gundam T-shirt (for my brother)
• Alpaca with a Sailor Hat
• Two Pokeballs

By the end of the day, I saw a lot of cosplayers from all different kinds of fandoms, such as Attack on Titan, Pokemon, and Durarara!! I found a lot of Hetalia cosplayers, including a Belarus, Ukraine, Italy, South Korea, Chibitalia, Taiwan, 2 Englands, a couple Canadas, and a lot of Americas (all that plus my friends who were dressed as China and genderbent/Nyotalia North Korea). Two of my other friends were dressed as Blake and Ruby from Roosterteeth's RWBY. There were a lot less Roosterteeth fans (especially RWBY because technically there are only four video trailer of it released so far) at AE, but I did manage to find two other Rubys and one Yang.

Here are just a few of the pictures:

Best Celty cosplay I've ever seen.

(Celty's so awesome!!!! I love her so much!)

Later, I saw this person sitting at a booth in the Artist Alley ^^

 

A Kagura and two Team Magma girls

You have no idea how many SNK fans there were out there.

So many people were cosplaying them, and in big groups like this.

The same Celty from before, this time with an Izaya!

You have no idea how much I love this shirt <3

I'm hoping that next year, I can go to AX again. So far, I'm planning on cosplaying as Taiwan, but if I can't finish her clothes on time, I'll just buy a blue dress and go as Seychelles.
That's all for now! Bye guys! XD

Free! Episode 2 Reactions

Spoilers Contained Inside!!! You have been warned OwO...

Hey guys! This is my reaction post to Episode 2 of Free! Again, I will no longer be posting summaries (or episode titles) so go search that up yourselves! >.< Let's Begin!

Reactions During:

• More Dubstep!!!
• DaFUQ!!!???? How does Haru swim that fast!???? Just, how does one simply swim so FAST!!!!???
• Oh god, I love Gou so much...("Girls my age shouldn't ogle at naked men!" （〃・・〃） "I can't get enough of those triceps!" (‘∀’●)♡ ...."Traps and pecs everywhere!" (●♡∀♡) )
• Wow that squid looks really delicious. I'm getting hungry -___-
• Wait, Rin's not on the swim team!??? WHAT IS GOING ONNN!!!???? ヽ(ｏ`皿′ｏ)ﾉ
• Isn't that track team guy in the opening and closing songs??? (I sense another major character XD)
• Wow, Ama-sensei can be really scary, can't she (she gives off the feeling of this: 凸(◕‿◕✖) )
• OHMAHGAWD, little Rin and Gou are soooo cute!!!!
• awww, when Gou said she'd join the swim team, I thought she'd be swimming (━┳━ _ ━┳━)
• Is it strange that I find it funny that, despite being the coach, the coach only has a bunch of cameos
• Little Rin walks past Little Haru: ;_;
• That old picture Rin took confuses me ( ・◇・)？

Thoughts After:

• Well, there's definitely less fanservice in this episode than in the last
• Still loving the closing song
• A lot of people ship Makoto and Gou together, because they had a lot of interaction in this episode. On the other hand, people ship Gou and Nagisa, probably because of the "Gou, Kou!" scene and because they are in the same year. Personally, I think I'm being dragged into the MakotoxGou ship .___.

That's all for episode 2, I'll see you next time!

Favorite Part:

1 YEEAARRR!!! ONE WHOLE YEEEAARRR!!!

YAY!!!! Life's Camera is now ONE YEAR OLD!!!!
...
that is all :>


I'm just kidding. But really, I don't have much to say.

Time really flies. I remember that when I was in elementary school, summer felt like a few years -____-
Now it seems so short.

I should mention that I recently got a tumblr (I mentioned this in my last post, my reactions to the first episode of the Free! anime). I don't think I'll be doing much with it, because right now, I only use it to like photos that I see. If I do start blogging on tumblr, it will most likely be for reblogging stuff that I find kawaii/funny/amusing/badass/cute/inspiring/hella-funny/interesting.

The following are animes/mangas that I (still) plan on reviewing/reacting to....eventually:

• Durarara!!
• Ouran High School Host Club
• Kaichou Wa Maid-sama
• Someday's Dreamers
• and the one I just started, Free!

And finally, I want to thank any and everyone who comes across this blog and has read any one of my posts.
That's all for now guys, bye!!! XD

Free! Episode 1 Reactions

Spoilers Contained Inside!!! You have been warned OwO...

Hey guys!
Recently, I started watching the anime, Free! Iwatobi Swim Club!
In case you don't know about it, Free! is the new swimming anime that was released this summer that has a whole bunch of manservice in it! (Absolutely WONDERFUL, right? yes I'm being sarcastic) At first, I wasn't going to watch it, but I went on tumblr and saw a bunch of funny pictures and screenshots. After I learned about Gou Matsuoka, I finally decided to start watching the series.
Anyways, this post is about episode 1 of Free! I'm thinking about just doing reaction posts for this series, so no summaries guys!!! (go on Wikipedia or something) Also, the format of this reaction post is going to be a little different from the ones I'm doing before (I'm planning on using this format for my reactions on Ouran High School Host Club too, when I do get a chance to do them) A few things before I start: everything is mostly in chronological order in the "Reactions During" section, and when I use "..." it means that I'm watching something and after a while, something else happens.

What I learned before watching:

• a few funny scenes from Episode 1 and 2
• Apparently, the way the characters dance in the closing song have to do with what swimming style that they swim (Example, backstroke, breast stroke, freestyle)
• Gou Matsuoka, and that she is related to a character named Rin Matsuoka (at the time, I only knew what Gou looked like and her name)
• Free! has a lot of manservice (oh boy -______________- what fun)
• Free! is about swimming

Reactions During:

• Video loads: *fangirl* I'm so excited, I want to see Gou!!!!
• lol those two guys (brown-haired and blonde) sound exactly like girls...actually almost all of them do. O_O
• the water is so pretty!!!! >W<
• wow, he (black-haired) looks so bored now that he's grown up lol
• I really like that Grandma's quote ^^ It's kinda true
• Opening Song: I guess it's pretty cool if you look at how they animate it (manservice! manservice everywhere!!!! D: there's no doubt that there will be more later)
• GOU!!!! SHE FINALLY APPEARED!!!!!!
• so that shota-boy/Nagisa is calling everyone with "-chan", eh?
• It's so cute when Haruka's eyes start sparkling when you mention a pool ^///^
• the paintings on that old swim school's wall looks really creepy (It's as if the swimmer is crying out blood or something)
• aww...it's so cute how Makoto's scared
• Rin's teeth are so sharp...he came back from Australia like a badass...let me rephrase that: he came back from Australia as a jerk
• oh gawd, the manservice again (/ n \)
• Wow, both Rin and Haru wear swimsuits under their clothes everyday (that's kind of gross now that I think about it O.O). What swimming maniacs...and then they don't even notice that there's no water in the pool
• He did the "pool" thing again, so cute!!!!
• More manservice -___-
• I only just realized that Free! in the title means freestyle O___O i feel dumb now
• DUBSTEP!!! TECHNO!!!
• Closing Song: catchy; Rin is still a bastard, even in the closing

Thoughts After:

• The manservice made me feel more awkward and embarassed than I thought it would make me...
• Awww...Gou didn't appear as much as I would have liked her to ¯3 ¯
• I thought that Nagisa and Makoto would have switched personalities. I guess that it's better that they didn't though; there are too many shota-boys who are always scared

That's all I have for now! I'll post my reactions for episode 2 soon ^^

Bye! :D

Favorite part:

Isn't he so cute :3

Universal Studios!

Hello everyone! I have yet again neglected this blog!!!! ¯u¯ (...sorry ^^''')
Anyways, today, I wanted to post about my visit to Universal Studios Hollywood last week! (I ended up not getting a lot of photos because they weren't allowed on a lot of rides...and I kept forgetting because it as too fun...eheh ~<3) I went with my four other people, including my cousin and brother :>

I have no idea who any of the people in this picture are .____.

As soon as we got into the park, the five of us went straight to the Studio Tour tram ride. I remember riding it a long time ago when I was a little kid, so I knew when we would be sprayed with water (didn't stop me from getting wet though :<) It was pretty fun, especially the King Kong 360 3D. The King Kong ride wasn't as scary as I thought it would be, probably because it didn't look extremely realistic (its still pretty disgusting to think about dinosaurs spitting on your face though...)
After that, we went to the Simpsons ride. I don't really have much to say about this. I'm not a big fan of the Simpsons, but I don't hate it so....meh. (Although, if I had to say which ride I disliked the most, it would probably be this one).
Then, we went to watch Shrek 4D (I went on that when I was a kid too), followed up by walking through the House of Horrors. Now, I should say that I haven't walked into a haunted house in at least 7 years (actually, it's the same with roller coasters. I was deathly afraid of them, but I think I'll try them out more often now). It was really scary for me at first, but after a while, I got used to it. Throughout the whole thing, I was only scared once by a werewolf (he came out of nowhere D:) I'm pretty proud of it though, since I didn't scream. In the House of Horrors, everyone walked so SLOWLY. I know its probably that slow to increase the chances of scaring people but it still really annoys me.
After lunch, (I had macaroni and cheese with a Caesar salad and some chili if I remember correctly) we headed down the escalator to the lower lot. There, we rode the Jurassic Park ride (probably my favorite of all the attractions, but the line was so long), the Mummy (I closed my eyes shut the whole time lol), and the Transformers Ride (we probably spent the most time waiting here. While waiting, I watched the staff like a creep lol jk im kidding really OvO and thought about how amusement parks make their employees act "in character" while working. For example, on the Transformers Ride, the employees, who were dressed in army uniforms, said "Go, go, go, go, GO!!!" when telling someone to get inside the ride.) These three rides where all very entertaining; they're probably my top three favorites.
After that, we all headed up to the upper lot again (I tried climbing up the stairs, and I swear, I was sweating by the time I finished one set. The stairs are all really steep and take a long to get to the top. If you're thinking about doing it, DON'T!!! unless you want to work out or if its not really hot) I bought some yummy Rainbow Sherbet Dippin' Dots from a food stand. Then, we watched the Universal's Animal Actors (at the end, a pigeon almost flew into my face; it was probably targetting me....OmO), the Special Effects Stage (loved the knife), and WaterWorld (really hot day + explosions = my face is pealing off). These last three shows were all great, but WaterWorld is my favorite because I like stories/plot!!! >V<

Well, that was my day last Thursday (July 4th!!! Happy late Birthday America!!!! still watching Hetalia TTVTT). If you read this whole post, thank you, because I know that it was really boring (especially without pictures)
Bye!!

The Many Events of June 29th!

Hello! This post will be about all the things that happened to me last Saturday, on June 29th (because a lot of things happened)

So, on Saturday morning, I got my braces off!!! >V< I've had them on for 5-6 years (which is a lot longer than the average, which is about 2-3 years) so I'm pretty darn happy. When they first took off the brackets, and I felt the front of my teeth again, they felt like my gums O___o That's how long it's been.
A lot of people say that getting your braces off really hurts, but I would disagree. The orthodontists snap off the brackets from your teeth by applying pressure, so it's not really pain that you feel, but rather pressure (I mean, it's not like getting them off will be completely painless/harmless, right?) I would say that the cleaning off the cement/glue thing that sticks the brackets to your teeth hurt more than snapping off the brackets, but only because the person who did that kept poking my gums will a spinning drill (that actually sounds a lot worst than how it really was)
After they cleaned off my teeth, the orthodontists pretty much stuffed clay into my mouth to create a mold of my teeth for my retainers. That was really uncomfortable. It's pretty traumatizing when you have a really small mouth, and they come out of nowhere and suddenly shove a large quantity of clay that doesn't fit into your mouth without any warnings. I remember that they did that before I got my braces too, and the clay kept touching my uvula, which made me feel like puking. I hated it so much. °^°
I got my retainers recently, and they are a lot different from what I expected. I thought that it would be easy to take them off and on, but it's actually pretty difficult. The plastic retainers I got fit really tightly to your teeth to the point that it feels like you still have braces. And since they're on so tight, it's hard to take them off too.

Anyways, to continue on with the story. During lunch on Saturday, I ate at California Pizza Kitchen with my friends to celebrate our good friend's birthday!!! >W< I really love that place; their BBQ Chicken Pizza is so delicious! Then, we all went to this dessert shop called Treat.
This place is amazing. They have macarons, dole whip, waffles, and snow ice, which is a combination of shaved ice and ice cream that tastes like cold, fluffy clouds °w° (They have a lot more, but I can't possibly name them all, right?) I also really like how the shop looked, it was small and cute :3
After we all ate our desserts (mine was red bean snow ice with mochi, yum!), we all went to AMC Theatre (which just so happens to be right behind Treat). We watched White House Down, a movie about a terrorist attack on the White House, starring Channing Tatum and Jamie Fox. It's action-packed and incredibly funny. (Donnie, played by Nicolas Wright, is the best tour guide ever. no question about it) I highly recommend it :)

After the movie, I went home and pretty much rested. :\ (talk about an anticlimactic ending)
Anyways, those were the main highlights of last Saturday.
That's all for now :D
Bye!

Anime Expo Cosplay

Hey guys!
A while ago, I said that I was going to Anime Expo, right?
Well, I'm excited to say that the day I'm going is this Saturday, July 6th!!! (Or AX Day 3)
As promised, here is the cosplay that I made and will wear to AX:

My vest and shirt (I'll also be wearing jeans, but I don't really need to put that here, right?)

(Sorry, I'm too lazy to turn it clockwise -_________-)

My hat, gloves, Pikachu, and backpack that I will bring along with me :)

In case you forgot, I'm going as Trainer Red from Pokemon (or at least a female/genderbent version of him...since I'm a girl and I don't want to cut my hair). I'm still not exactly sure which one I am (Game-original, Game-remake, Pokemon Adventures manga, or Anime/Ash), but I don't think I'll be acting "in character" as Red, so I don't really have anything to worry about. I will say though, that I made the vest based on the Red from the original Pokemon Red Version, and the hat based on the remake of Red from the Pokemon Firered Version (aka the trainer in Super Smash Brothers Brawl). And yes, I used white duct tape on the hat and vest pockets :P

Before Saturday though, I'm going to Universal Studios!
That will be this Thursday on July 4th.
I'll get some pictures to post here, but I can't promise anything because when you're having so much fun, you tend to forget things >w<
I'll do my best though!

That's all I have planned so far this week, but if anything else fun pops up, I'll be sure to post about it XD
Bye!