Author Archives: Crusader and Hana

Chihayafuru – 08: The Circle is Now Complete

By Crusader and Hana | Published: November 25, 2011

Last man up is a guy who likes to eat for two. Taichi finds himself in Bad Company though he won’t be going Beyond the Call of Duty anytime soon with Desk-kun and Pork-bun. Now that the circle is complete one can hope that Arata will finally be able to play some role instead of [...]

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Chihayafuru – 07: The New Goat

By Crusader and Hana | Published: November 17, 2011

Kanade delays her hopes for a game with Chihaya. New guy, Desk-kun, shows up but Kanade is still by and far the best. Desk-kun steps up for Taichi? Taichi finally wins a game… of concentration and orders his Master Robe. Just one more guy to complete the circle and I am hoping that he’ll be [...]

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Kimi to Boku: Treasuring the Everyday

By Hana | Published: November 11, 2011

Shun, the flâneur… Basically, this season, in addition to the awesome Chihayafuru and the not-so-awesome-but-pretty-intriguing-so-I’ll-carry-on-watching-it-anyway Un-Go, I’m watching this. ‘This’ being a laid-back, slice-of-life comedy series centering on a group of four male friends (plus a couple of strays they pick up along the way) who have known each other since preschool and the experiences [...]

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Chihayafuru – 06: Because Nobody Dolls Up Ayase Chihaya Like Oe Kanade

By Crusader and Hana | Published: November 10, 2011

Chihaya out-muscles Taichi in a feat of strength. Kanade gets Chihaya to be a model. Can Kanade make Chihaya a real Queen? When is the Kana-chan Chihaya traditional tea ceremony? It’s already Week 6 and Kana-chan is getting more of Chihaya’s attentions that Taichi could manage in a decade.

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Nichijou 26 [final]: DON’T GO, NANOOO!

By Hana | Published: October 9, 2011

No, love, thank YOU… *sniff* Okay, so she’s not really going anywhere. But I’m still going to miss her. So, in short: thank you, Nano and friends, for 26 weeks of the awesomest randomness I have seen in ages. In not as short: read on…

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Nichijou 22-25: Ship, ship, ship!

By Hana | Published: September 24, 2011

Love triangle alert! Eeek, it’s been a while, hasn’t it?! Sorry, loves. Let’s just say I’ve been back-to-school with a vengeance. Moving on. Here be some belated, but heartfelt, fan-girling about everyone’s favourite megane, bishie, goat-riding gentleman-farmer, and a few others…

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Nichijou 21: Oh, those teachers…

By Hana | Published: August 24, 2011

Why does Yukko always spoil everything? Finally, for those of you who’ve been waiting for the Miss Timid x That Bloke Who Fancies Her ship to sail – this one’s for you…

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Nichijou 20: How not to be a mangaka

By Hana | Published: August 15, 2011

Ya think?! Finally, more Mio screen time in this epi, as we see some great, and not so great, mangaka skills on display. Amongst the manga mayhem, we also see fun and games at the Shinonome Laboratory, and a bit with a dog…

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Nichijou 19: Megane, Fish Flops and Ogi-boshi!

By Hana | Published: August 10, 2011

You won’t like him when he’s angry… and can’t find his glasses… even though he’s wearing ’em… I still don’t know what to make of the opening to this week’s episode. And, funnily enough, the rest of it was just as weird and wonderful. In other words, less focus on developing the relationships this time, [...]

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Nichijou 18: It’s coffee, guys, but not as we know it…

By Hana | Published: August 2, 2011

Ah, so /that’s/ where you’ve been, Crusader-senpai… This week, we get more coffee flavoured fun as the creepy stupid Science teacher and Yukko both fall foul of the caffeinated stuff, while we meet another new character and a few old faces return…