One thing people will find most noteworthy about Skip Beat is the goddess heroine Kyoko and her versatility as a character. Without doubt, Kyoko has got to be the most expressive character you�ll ever see in the manga/anime world, if the above screencaps don�t serve enough proof of that. Opinions regarding Skip Beat�s (and Kyoko�s) awesomeness or depth might differ from person to person (I know for a fact that my ability to relate with Skip Beat is far beyond normal), but this is one thing we can all agree with.

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The end of Skip Beat, that is, and the above pic captures exactly how I feel right at this moment. I neglected watching Skip Beat a few months back, and now that I almost caught up… it’s nearing its end. NOooOOoOooo!!!! The Dark Moon is not over yet! And I want to see Ren’s awesome dad in full animated glory! And and… so much more!! I don’t want it to end yet TT____TT Where’s my season 2?? Where’s my goddamn rumored 41 eps?! This is almost like how I felt when Ouran ended, but since my relationship with Skip Beat is far more personal, this one hurts even more.

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The end is here and the Dearly Retarded sends out one more letter to Toradora, for her own sanity and closure.

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The Scrumptious Anime Chefs bring to you an almost complete list of this spring season’s anime. With a rather large disparity in our tastes, we’ve included “Chef Chaff” in each of our preview, to give you an idea of what we think of the title.

Don’t forget to tell us what YOU will be watching. Bon app�tit.

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The Black Butler was all over Akiba, sorta.

So last month I had the once in a lifetime (though hopefully not) opportunity to go to Tokyo, and luckily enough, despite the super-short 4-day business trip, still had time to roam around the city, especially on the first and last day of our trip. If you�ve read my blog post more than a month ago about this short Tokyo business trip, then you�d already know my adventures and mis-adventures on the first day. What I�m about to tell you, is what happened on the last day.

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Inspired by the “twitter conversation” that went from this, this, this, this, this, this, and this.

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A post months in the making, that�s what this is. This, my friends, is the very example of totally uber-slow blogging. Please don’t try this at home, or wherever. Still, I�m more than glad to *finally* have this out of the backlogged post queue! Oh and those who are new to this blog, this �Deep Frying� is something my brilliant co-blogger Seleria and I thought of doing way back our suicidal episodic blogging days, as we take a look at the anime and its source material, and basically do an episodic in-depth analysis of some sort, despite the lack of depth.

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…as my dear kouhai arrives from his business trip to Japan, so does my Hana to Yume magazine with the SIZZLING HAWT Skip Beat Furoku!! *squeals in the corner* Consider this my obligatory “My Skip Beat Kokoro no Tamago is not dead yet!” post, as I am finally In The Zone to catch up with the ongoing anime, after getting stuck at episode 4 a few months ago orz. Pressures from blogging begone! I’d rather watch and love Skip Beat and not just follow it for the sake of blogging. Lazy excuse to not blog about Skip Beat regularly, but makes for a more enjoyable and worthwhile experience for me ^__^

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�NOT!

I didn�t pass JLPT1, 39 points short, and it�s not just because of my big booboo — Writing/Vocabulary section was BAD – 53/100, Listening was even WORSE – 40/100, Reading/Grammar was ok – 148/200 — BUT that�s not any reason to feel sad or anything. No way can this put my spirits down! Or something. In fact, I�m even brimming with optimism, knowing that my light novel reading (no matter how little) and grammar self-study efforts actually paid off! Need to focus on enhancing Listening skills, though, BADLY.

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“is becoming good at Nihongo”, says one of the contestants in the recently concluded Nihongo Speech Contest – Open Division category during the Q&A portion, whose speech was entitled “Welcome to the Otaku World”. No offense, but I found this answer to be a sellout, since well, the reason why someone could be part of the Nihongo Speech Contest finalists and could have a greater chance of winning is because he/she is good at Nihongo, amirite?! Ok, enough sarcasm, and the contestant I’m stabbing behind her back even won 1st place so who am I to argue.

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