Nihongo Speech Files #2: How I Met Nihongo

aka The Crazy Things You Do For Nihongo

Just added the English version of this as I write this post, with other additional side-comments. So yeah, be forewarned that this is not an exact 1:1 Japanese-english translation.

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The Cumming-of-age of Onani Master Kurosawa. And I Came Buckets.

Those are True Tears btw.

woah, the resemblance between Kurosawa and Hei didn’t occur to me until I saw this fanart, looks-wise and otherwise.

I’ve been putting off reading Onani Master Kurosawa for the longest time now (as with the rest of my backlogs), and a rather unexpected turn of events finally got me to stop bumming [...]

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WordCamp Philippines 2009 – With Great [Blogging] Power Comes Great Responsibility

Reporting for the recently concluded WordCamp Philippines 2009 last Saturday o>

I totally failed at giving the heads up about this early on in the blog, unlike last year. It was already too late by the time I realized I wasn’t able to inform hazy and Zeroblade about this, the two blogger friends I went with last year OTL

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Learning Nihongo, One Sense at a Time

Quite some time ago, whenever someone asks me about the best way(s) to learn Nihongo, I’m sure to give “playing Japanese games/visual novels” as a response, because, according to me, it’ll boost up both your listening and reading skills — hitting two stones with one bird! pun intended. Part of this scheme of mine is watching chinese subs, which, as my know-it-all self once said, can help clarify what’s being said (assuming the chinese translator knows what he/she is doing).

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Nihongo Speech Files #1: On ‘Lettting Go’

LISTEN TO MY SPEECH

Not quite anime/manga related, but I thought I’d share this anyway. This is not the first Nihongo speech I delivered in the office, but since this is the most ‘ready for posting’, I decided to have this published first

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9/9/9: Musings On Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 9 and Hatsukoi Limited 9

At the time of this writing, it’s September 9, 2009 (since I know for sure I won’t be able to finish this in time, with my flu and all), the day of my flight back home after my 5-month business trip in Cebu, and coincidentally, the last two anime episodes I watched is that of Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 9 and Hatsukoi Limited 9, both of which are pretty relevant to my situation at the moment too.

That said, please don’t ever make the mistake of reading this post until you’ve seen Tokyo Magnitude episode 9, because the episode might lose its impact if you already knew what’s going to happen. Click here to skip to my ‘unfinished business’ rambling (past the Tokyo Magnitude spoiler) or here to skip to the Hatsukoi Limited 9 rambling.

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I Would So Ride The Miracle Train, If You Know What I Mean

Enough super serious posts and let’s turn this back to an anime blog again!
I wonder if you’ve heard of this urban legend…
There’s said to be a subway in Tokyo Underground that knows no bound.
And in this subway is a train filled with no one else but BEAUTIFUL SPARKLY SMEXY MEN.
It goes by the name of [...]

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Dealing with Death

‘How does one deal with death [of a loved one]?’ is all I could think of after watching Tokyo Magnitude episode 9. Rest assured, I’m not going to spoil anything. You won’t hear a word about which predictions turned out true or not or whatsoever. There might be a little spoiler for another series at the end of the post however, so do beware. Let’s just, well, talk about ‘dealing with death’ or ‘death’ in general, plain as daylight.

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Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 8 – Can We Handle The Truth, Like Seriously?

Ok, enough Tokyo Magnitude lulz. You guys probably want to strangle me now for poking fun at the show.

Seriously though, I don’t want Yuuki to die, like hell who’d want such an adorable little kid to die?! He’s got a bright future ahead of him, and I can’t wait to see what a fine young adult he’ll become, the same way Wakaba thought of Kou in Cross Game.

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Mirage of Mirai and Dr.Chiba: When Dreams Meet Reality (Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 8)

OH.MY.GAWD.

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