Zenkaikon! And some other stuff.

Oh jeez, its been such a busy month I don't even know where to begin this entry. Well, last entry I talked about how I might get to go to Zenkaikon. I did get to go and I had so much FUN. I cosplayed the Undertaker from Kuroshitsuji. I didn't even like the series that much, but I LOVED the Undertaker so I couldn't resist the opportunity to cosplay him. I took lots of pictures, and I was surprised to have so many people want mine! I also got lots of hugs from various people. I really enjoyed it.

I'm trying to work it out that I get to go to Setsucon in January. It's possible that it won't work out but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I haven't fully decided who I want to cosplay but I think I have an idea. We'll see~.

Besides that I've been helping with our new puppies. We got two yorkie puppies on Wednesday. They're MONSTERS, but I love them. We've been putting little fences up to prevent them from killing themselves. LOL.

Anime wise I've been watching Soul Eater, Welcome to the NHK, and Kimi Ni Todoke. I'm enjoying all of them very much. Soul Eater has some very interesting concepts (I love the human weapon idea) but in a lot of ways I feel like I'm watching a better version of Naruto, Bleach, etc. I loved Naruto for the longest time but there were so many flaws, and the fact that it's STILL going on 470 chapters later, that caused me to drop it. I'm hoping Soul Eater doesn't turn into another one of those series that never end. On the bright side the anime is only 51 episodes and it ended already. (That doesn't mean a second season won't come out but we'll see.) I also plan on reading the Soul Eater manga since I've read that the anime reels off track. My favorite characters ended up being Stein and Death the Kidd. That wasn't predictable AT ALL. LOL.

I'm also seriously loving Welcome to the NHK. I plan on making a post specifically for the series once I finish it but I'll throw out what it's about now. Welcome to the NHK centers around a 22 year old college drop-out who has withdrawn himself from the world. He has become a "Hikikomori" which is someone who is afraid to interact with other people or even leave their home. He believes everything to be a conspiracy and even has hallucinations where his household appliances are talking to him.

The show is hilarious, but there are so many moments where you just feel horrible for Satou (the main character). There's something really sad about him. The cast of characters in the show are all so REAL that the show grabs you right away. At least it grabbed me right away. I'll definitely talk more in depth once I finish it but it's one of the best shojo anime I've watched in a long time.

Last but not least I've been watching the anime adaption of Kimi Ni Todoke. I've read all the translated chapters of Kimi Ni Todoke and talked about it awhile ago. In all honesty I was a little nervous about how this would be turned into an anime. The manga is ALMOST in first person in a lot of ways. It's very much centered around the main character's thoughts. However it has adapted into an anime perfectly. The only way to describe the story is heart-warming. I think there are about 7 episodes out now and I look forward to the release each week. I'm really looking forward to seeing how the rest of the story will play out in both anime and manga form.

I've also been reading a lot of manga lately. I read the series Cherry Juice, and I read all the translated chapters of Suki-tte Ii na yo (Say I love you). Cherry Juice was OK. I wasn't all that impressed and I thought all the characters looked the same. I hate when that happens. However I really enjoyed what I've read of Suki-tte Ii na yo and I look forward to reading more in the future.

I can't think of anything else I want to talk about this time. I should be heading to bed since it's now midnight and I have work tomorrow.

Today we put the Christmas lights on the house. I can hardly believe it's almost Christmas again.

We're on the last disc of Criminal Minds. Then my mom and I are going to watch Season 4 of Bones and after that we're going to start Lie to Me. YAY!

Till next time~

Happy Halloween one day late!

So much for posting more often, huh? Sorry about that. Still busy, busy, busy.

So what have I been up to the past couple weeks? Well, I've been reading a lot lately. I finished Libba Bray's newest books "Going Bovine," and then I read the book "The Amaranth Enchantment,". Now I'm working on a mystery "The Ghost and Mrs. McClure". I'm really enjoying the mystery. There's something really cute and charming about it. The ghost is this detective from the 30's and I've discovered I love almost anything related to the 30's story telling-wise.

I've also been reading a lot of manga. I started the series "Dengeki Daisy," and it bounced onto my favorites list. It's by one of my favorite shojo mangaka's, Motomi Kyousuke, whom I recently found out is a man! LOL. I had never knew that before. I found it really interesting.

Anyway, the story is about a girl named Teru, who's parents have both died and lived she with her only relative, her older brother. Her brother got sick with an illness and before he passed away he gave her a cell phone telling her that she can contact someone named "DAISY" using that phone anytime, and they will always protect and care for her. So she keeps in contact with this DAISY, sending him messages daily about trivial things like what happened to her that day, or a picture of herself.

Then by a turn of events she ends up breaking a window and getting stuck as the slave for a pushy janitor at her school named Kurosaki who turns out to be DAISY himself. Only she doesn't know it.

I know, I thought the plot sounded really lame too. XDD However, after I started reading it I was surprised to find out that Kurosaki's personality is the complete opposite than what you expect in a shojo manga. The second you find out he's DAISY you expect him to be some really sweet and encouraging type of guy. He isn't. He's actually pretty mean to the main character, and not in the classic shojo mean where they're just cold and do stupid things that are really cliche'. He's not cold. Not at all. I think what I like so much about him is that he acts like an actual GUY. His real age hasn't been revealed yet, but I'm assuming he's in his twenties, and that' s how old he acts. He's brash, obnoxious, and crude. Another thing I really like about the character is that he smokes. I know that sounds like an odd thing to like about a character...but it just adds to his personality.

Then the main girl, Teru, she's around 16 or 17 years old. In the beginning of the manga she lives in an apartment by herself and she's poor. I really really like Teru as a main character. She's a very strong individual. If you haven't figured it out by now, I like strong female leads.

There are only 15 chapters of Dengeki Daisy translated, but I love the way the story has played out. Lately I had found myself getting fed up with shojo manga. I felt like I was reading the same storys over and over again. I'm really thrilled to have found Dengeki Daisy. I think one of the main reasons I like it so much is because it's written by a guy. Besides it being a romance genre manga, it's not super prettified. In fact, I LOVE the way the art is, and the expressions are hilarious. I've liked all the manga I've read by him so far.

I've also read some short series in the past week like "Adarushan no Hanayome," which was about a prince who gets stuck marrying a 10 year old princess to stop the war, and "Koi, Hirari," which was about a girl falling in love with a Kabuki dancer. They were both cute, and rather interesting.

Then this past weekend (which is sadly over D: ) my friend and I finished up the anime Paranoia Agent. Weird series. Really weird. Then it was my turn to pick what show we were going to watch. I decided on "Welcome to the NHK," which she watched before. We only got to watch the first 3 episodes, but so far it's hilarious. I'm really loving the main character, and his neighbor Yamazaki. XDD

I also started watching Soul Eater out of pure curiosity. It's interesting. I haven't found what all the fuss is about yet, but its definitely snagged my attention.

So besides AAAALLL that, I've been watching Criminal Minds with my parents, working, and getting my cosplay together for Zenkaikon. Which is still super secret. There's also been some not-so-fun stuff going on in my personal life. In all honesty this Fall hasn't been the happiest of times, which is a shame since I love Fall. Oh well. Maybe Winter will be better!

As always, till next time lovies! Oh, and if someone is reading this and you're magically going to be at Zenkaikon let me know! I'm so excited!!