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Oh jeez, Katie quoted me in her sig. DAY MADE

 

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Episode Eight's Raining Men

 

 

0:59 - I push the pause button, and what should pop up over the video? An ad featuring a clump of bananas. Targeted advertising may be getting a little too accurate for its own good.

 

2:53 - Ah man c'mon, don't flash back to such a dark scene, my eyes just adjusted to the glaring brightness of the beach

 

3:56 - When the headmaster rolls his R's like that it really sounds like he's gargling his own saliva

 

5:08 - "Nah, nah, nah. You're a natural airhead." Once again Biffles proves that she is by far the most perceptive character in the series

 

5:50 - So...where is this glorious, tourist-free island paradise, and how did the school get the money to vacation there?

 

6:05 - My goodness, Firecrotch, you have very nice clavicles

 

7:17 - You know, I'm beginning to think that this whole anime is actually a cautionary tale about what happens to people who stay in show biz too long

 

7:39 - HOLY SHIT

You mean... the anime actually answered one of my questions?? ... That's right, folks, you heard it here first! Turns out the tropical paradise is the headmaster's own private island, which I guess also explains how their school is so filthy rich in the first place. It's one crazy guy with a fortune to spend and absolutely no inhibitions whatsoever!

 

8:18 - Oh look a shower sce- AGH OMG NOBODY CAN ARCH THEIR BACK LIKE THAT

IT'S LIKE HIS SPINE IS BROKEN IN 44 DIFFERENT PLACES somebody call an ambulance

I think I'm gonna vomit

 

9:05 - 99 men without shirts on the wall, 99 men without shiiiirts

 

10:32 - Awww she brought her precious pet kitty with her gaaawwww c'mere beebee Not sure how she smuggled him onto the plane, but...honestly who cares at this point

 

11:16 - Ah yes great idea protagonist, follow your cat deep into the jungle and don't tell anyone where you're going

 

11:47 - Um, so, now there are ancient ruins on this private island?

 

12:25 - Little green lights are flying everywhere. Things are getting really trippy, gang

 

15:0 - WAIT WHAT

 

NO

 

 

NO....

 

 

OMG, YOU GUYS. OH. MY. GOD.

 

Just when I thought

This anime couldn't get ANY MORE AMAZING

 

IT TURNS OUT
 

Her pet cat

ISN'T REALLY A CAT

 

He's a PRINCE

from the far away kingdom of Not-Japan-land

Who in times of yore was BEWITCHED INTO CAT FORM

 

AND NOW HE'S APPEARING TO HER IN THE JUNGLE????

 

**explodes into a million pieces of sound and light**

**obliterates the cosmos in a fiery cataclysm**

**rebirths the cosmos so that it can be blown up again in a subsequent mega explosion**

 

 

Nope. NOPE. I am 1000% done with you, Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 1000%.

Game over.

Everyone go home.

 

You don't get to pull that kind of shit. It is AGAINST the rules.

I mean, it's not enough for the Protagonist to have 6 gorgeous men lusting after her "composing talents", now she's gotta have 7? I JUST CAN'T

 

No. You know what? Fine. I give in to you, anime. I will give you what you want. You have shown me true romance, and I have found the beautiful, beautiful man of my dreams.

 

This episode review is done. There's something I need to do. Something I need to construct. You'll have to excuse me, dear readers. I HAVE A MISSION.

 

 

 

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[Mara=^.^=]

 

 

awww who's such a cute boy

Who is it
is it you? Is it YOU?

YES IT IS!!

 

 

Wait. This is you too?

Oh my...

Well then...

 

 

 

Gwaawww wook at him so pwecious~

Who's my pwetty baby who is it

 

 

Oh, you're human again?

And you want me to pet you until you purr~?

Well, if you insist...

 

 

*Adopts Shakespearean accent*

See, how he leans his cheek upon his hand

O, that I were a glove upon that hand, that I might touch that cheek

 

 

Awww, what's that?

You want me to buy you some catnip?

OK presh whatever you want beebee

 

 

shgfksfhjljsfdljffjhg C'mere Fluffy-kins

Momma wants a hug

 

 

OoOoOoOo MARVELOUS MOCHA MAN-BACK

I will have one order to go please

 

 

Pan up the naked torso

yes very good

thank you camera

 

 

Mmm yes tasty cat man

If you were a pet food brand you would be Fancy Feast

 

OK I'm done

you should all be grateful that I didn't nickname him 'Pussy Man' because I was this close


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[J/C AVA]

......y'know what? Nevermind. Just... FORGET IT! *storms off..*

[Mara=^.^=]

......y'know what? Nevermind. Just... FORGET IT! *storms off..*

 

Don't be jealous of the Cat Man, Pedro

 

He is a beautiful magic soul who "collects love songs from all over the world"

 

That makes him an ethnomusicologist and they do great work OK

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[J/C AVA]

Don't be jealous because you can't compete with the Cat Man, Pedro
 

....you really don't get offended that easily... I just realized that...

Btw, you mean... CATMAN?

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[Mara=^.^=]

Pfffft, no. I mean Cat Man, two words

 

The only dude in the show capable of giving himself a full-body tongue bath

 

 

 

 

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[RocksmySocks]

Pfffft, no. I mean Cat Man, two words

 

The only dude in the world capable of giving himself a tongue bath

 

 

I see your Cat Man, and I raise you Ikuto.

 

[Mara=^.^=]

@Katie: Hmm, yes, I see your point.

BUT

Does Ikuto play the flute and launch into spontaneous song numbers? Is he an ethnomusicologist who comes from a culture that worships a female deity?? didn't think so

 

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[underwater]

Mara an Katie, are you really having a comparison about men who are also cats & can give themselves tongue baths?

 

Because if so, I see your Ikuto and Cat Man, & I raise you one Kyo Sohma! 

 

  

 

 

Corinne

[RocksmySocks]

Because if so, I see your Ikuto and Cat Man, & I raise you one Kyo Sohma! 

 

Corinne

 

 

Oooo, nice one, Corinne! I'd almost forgotten about him!

 

BUT

Does Ikuto play the flute and launch into spontaneous song numbers? Is he an ethnomusicologist who comes from a culture that worships a female deity?? didn't think so

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Ikuto doesn't play the flute. He does play the violin, though. And he spends his free time stalking an 11 year-old girl and wishing she was old enough for him to properly seduce (not that he doesn't try to seduce her, anyway).

[Mara=^.^=]

 he spends his free time stalking an 11 year-old girl and wishing she was old enough for him to properly seduce (not that he doesn't try to seduce her, anyway).

 

Oh my

Well then

 

 

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[Mara=^.^=]

Ahem. I have recovered enough from my breakdown during the last episode to have another go. No promises about quality, though.
 
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Episode NEIN
 
 
1:28 - Oh, I get it. The doves are crapping out music notes
 
1:56 - Huh wow I didn't know you could autotune live, non-microphoned performances. I guess UtaPri is taking lessons from Glee now
 
4:20 - Man I cannot stress enough just how freaking amazing the Headmaster is. He is a one-man Cirque du WTF. This entire live-blogging experience has been worth it just for him.
 
5:19 - Her plaid skirt just sparkled and did a pirouette right the f*ck out of nowhere
 
5:26 - OMFG Protagonist you dumb shit
You brain-dead derp-faced cognitively-challenged lobotomized seaslug
 
6:19 - Firecrotch you are adorbs just stop it before you redeem this stupid-ass scene
 
8:01 - From the gospel of Richtits, Chapter 8 Verse 1: "You awoke the feelings toward music that were locked inside my heart"
 
9:22 - Pffft they're in a shouting match about which one "needs her" more

How can I take this seriously
 
9:59 - So, are they all just going to confess their "need" for her one right after another, or
of course they are
 
11:12 - Shoujo cliché #9876545678 - Heroine is described as "lighthearted and kind, but also a bit of a klutz"
 
11:14 - Shoujo cliché #235678765 - Male character expresses a desire to "protect" the protagonist
 
12:01 - OK now this is just becoming comical
I mean, how do you deal with so many men approaching you at the same time
It's like she's the world's only termite mound, and the dudes are all anteaters who are converging to delve for the sticky rewards hidden within This comparison has gone too far

 

13:14 - The insanity continues. Peyote-kun tells Barrettes "You're a cutie and I love you". Nobody in the audience bats an eye.

 

14:55 - Biffles refers to the horde of drooling fanboys as "applicants" and suggests that the Protagonist "run a lottery" to determine the winner. Could this chick get any more awesome? Why the hell isn't the show about her

 

16:30 - Barrettes, son, what are you wearing

Blue and orange calf-length overalls with a single suspender do NOT belong with a pink and black t-shirt. I am sorry but you are wrong

 

17:41 - Judging by the sparkling smile, I'd say Barrettes is auditioning for a teeth whitening commercial as we speak

 

19:10 - Anime, do you have to flashback to her crying again

 

22:24 - Awww, no Cat Man in this episode?

What a ripoff

 

Screw this I'M OUT

 

 

 

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Episode #BUTTS
 
 
0:33 - She just reached out to touch the moon I wonder if the show's trying to tell me something
 
1:36 - This episode is apparently called "Let's Song!"... and no, that's not a fansub typo, that is the official title
 
1:50 - Does she have some sort of blushing disorder, or
 
3:23 "What's wrong? You look like you're in a daze."
Nothing's wrong - that's just her default expression, you'll get used to it
 
4:18 - Jeez you'd think her Grandmother was an omnipresent being from the way Protagonist talks to her all the time
 
4:31 - Yaaaaay Cat Man flashback finally a recap worth watching
 
6:27 - Ha haaaaa she's got 6 dudes locked in a room
That's like, 12 butt cheeks total
this is awesome
 
8:43 - Smooth explanation, honey, you'd make a damn fine politician
 
10:12 - Hey Protagonist, you're always writing songs for people
You should write a song about Twintard and call it "Asshole in D Minor"
 
12:48 - Oh, COWS this time
 
14:11 - Jesus Christ the last time I saw a communal mope-fest this bad was when the women and children of Rohan took refuge from Saruman's army in Helm's Deep
 
17:06 - You just met her, you idiot
How could she have "changed you" already
 
18:07 - ♩♪♫ Run run, redheads, Headmaster's gotta make it to town
Headmaster make them hurry, tell 'em they can take the freeway down
Run run, redheads, 'cause I'm reelin' like a merry-go-round... ♩♪♫♬

There see I can do a song number in the middle of an episode too
 
19:33 - How the hell did she get a keyboard out onto the helipad
 
19:46 - 99.8% sure the headmaster just jizzed in his pants. Actually, make that 99.9% sure

 

20:13 - He's not just jizzing anymore. He's having, like, a full-on psychedelic meltdown

 

21:54 - So...I guess the moral of this episode is "when you have a hard decision to make, just don't make it, and everything will turn out fine!"

 

22:22 - BUTTS!

 

 

 

~*Mara*~ = ^.^ =

P.S. Damn but the song from this episode is amazingly catchy. Some Japanese fan on youtube did an incredible by-ear piano rendition of it here [link]. I highly recommend giving it a listen, if only to tremble in awe at her piano playing skills.

[RocksmySocks]

I am starting to see signs of this show in other places on teh interwebs (primarily anime sites, so I suppose that isn't that surprising).

 

Can I just say, that I really want to meet Biffles. And the Headmaster. And who am I kidding, while I'm at it, Richtits. Let's do this. I'm so watching this show at some point...

 

...but I can't right now because I've just started rewatching Shugo Chara so I can watch Ikuto fall for the 11 year-old again. He's so adorable when he's feeling like a creep for being in love with someone five years younger than him (not a problem in adulthood, but a major problem when you're 16...).

[Mara=^.^=]

@Katie - It's actually still in the process of airing. The first season was 13 episodes, and the second season just started a couple weeks ago. I'm really, really disappointed that no one has created a compilation of "the Headmaster's greatest moments" and put it on youtube yet. I am considering torrenting the series just so I can supply the world with this much-needed video resource

 

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Episode 11.1111111111111
 
 
1:40 - As an English speaker it is SO weird to see students highlighting things vertically
 
4:36 - I love how even though he was the one who was running, she's the one gasping for breath
Get an inhaler woman
 
4:41 - They have high-tech cameras monitoring Protagonist and her menfolk at all times? That is freaking creepy as hell
 
5:55 - "I'll put the constellations in a lamp"
...PHENOMENAL COSMIC STAR PATTERNS itty bitty living space
 
6:05 - I think I finally understand the source of Protagonist's breathing troubles
She's floating through outer space during entire song numbers I mean that's gotta be murder on the lungs
 
6:15 - How did Hubble miss all these giant men drifting through the cosmos?
Look! There, out the portside window! It's the majestic Firecrotch nebula...have you ever seen such colorful gas clouds? And there, awash in tinkling music and pink starlight, it's the Six-Dudes-One-Chick Supercluster! BEHOLD THE MAJESTY OF OUR UNIVERSE I'M GETTING MISTY-EYED

 

7:37 - LOL now they gotta come up with a dance to match their song

I'm looking forward to this

 

7:45 - From the gospel of Richtits, Chapter 7 Verse 45: "If the little lamb would wink at me, I wouldn't mind putting in a serious effort."

 

8:49 - Twintard just collapsed on her

Smooth move, buddy, I gotta remember to sleep-deprive myself into unconsciousness the next time I want attention from the opposite sex

 

10:14 - Cut to a random scene

 

10:16 - Cut away from the random scene

Thanks for that, anime

 

11:01 - Oh myyy...Twintard, you may be a whole symphony of asshole, but you are hot when you are sleeping
 

13:10 - "You should be on your knees, thanking me!"

Umm, you sure that's how you wanna phrase that

 

14:31 - Oh my God you dumb f*ck that man is having a heart attack DO SOMETHING

 

18:17 - Tearful hospital scene hnnnnggg I'm getting farklempt

 

21:13 - His phone matches his hair Now we're getting back to what's really important

 

22:24 - Holy crap, you mean.. this episode ends on a CLIFFHANGER?

And there's actual DRAMA involved?

 

STOP TRYING TO BE GOOD, ANIME

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH YOU WHEN YOU ACTUALLY TRY

 
 
I have to go reflect on this for awhile
Until next time, DEUCES

 
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[Mara=^.^=]

And now, a brief flash-forward to next season, in which my lover is a cat.*

*best viewed with accompanying soundtrack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cat Man you are so unbelievably dorky

 

 

~*Mara*~ = ^.^ =

[underwater]

^died when I heard the song

 

but why is Cat Man wearing a shirt now

 

 

Corinne

[Mara=^.^=]

but why is Cat Man wearing a shirt now

 

I know  It's a travesty of justice

 

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