#Nagasumi Michishio

[mangamermaids]

[myriad-mage]

Update

Will be available on Mondays and Tuesdays, Will respond to current threads Friday or over weekend. 

Also, going to make a multi-muse side blog. 

List will be below the cut due to length. 

Nova Butterfly (Star Versus the Forces of Evil [SVTFOE] OC)

Toffee (SVTFOE Canon)

Globgor (SVTFOE Canon)

Ethel (Fairy Fencer F [FFF] Canon)

Karin (FFF Canon)

Tiara (FFF Canon)

Fang (FFF Canon)

Cui (FFF Canon) *

Eryn (FFF Canon)

Apollonius (FFF Canon)

Seguro (FFF Canon) *

Harley (FFF Canon)

Bahus (FFF Canon)

Soji (FFF Canon)

Pippin (FFF Canon)

Galdo (FFF Canon)

Marissa (FFF Canon)

Terasion (FFF OC)

Amaria (FFF OC)

Luchs (Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven [LoM] Canon)

Charlotte “Lottie” (LoM Canon)

Beatrix “Trixie” (LoM Canon)

Elfriede “Frida” (LoM Canon)

Gabrielle “Gabby” (LoM Canon)

Diana “Di” (LoM Canon)

Francesca “Fran” (LoM Canon)

Adelheid “Addie” (LoM Canon)

Gewalt (LoM Canon)

Kaiser (LoM Canon)

Creed Diskenth (Black Cat [BC] Canon)

Echidna Parass (BC Canon)

Kyoko Kirasaki (BC Canon)

Shiki (BC Canon)

Master Moro (BC Canon)

Saya Minatsuki (BC Canon)

Charden Flamberg (BC Canon)

Durham Glaster (BC Canon)

Sven Volfied (BC Canon)

Sephiria Arks (BC Canon)

Train Heartnet (BC Canon)

Rinslet Walker (BC Canon)

Eve (BC Canon)

Zagine (BC Canon)

Marche Radiuju (Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced [FFTA] Canon)

Ritz Malheur (FFTA Canon)

Llednar Twem (FFTA Canon)

Shara (FFTA Canon)

Remedi (FFTA Canon)

Cid Randell (FFTA Canon)

Babus Swain (FFTA Canon)

Ezel Berbier (FFTA Canon)

Amarus (FFTA OC)

Sissi Delmas (Code Lyoko [CL] Canon)

Lila Rossi (Miraculous Ladybug [ML] Canon)

Gabriel Agreste (ML Canon)

Seymour Guado (Final Fantasy X [FFX] Canon)

Auron (FFX Canon)

Torell (FFX OC)

Leblanc (Final Fantasy X-2 [FFX-2] Canon)

Nooj (FFX-2 Canon)

Ormi (FFX-2 Canon)

Logos (FFX-2 Canon)

Nagasumi Michishio (Seto No Hanayome [SnH] Canon)

Sun Seto (SnH Canon)

Gozaburo Seto (SnH Canon)

Shark Fujishiro (SnH Canon)

Lunar Edomae (SnH Canon)

Maki the Conch (SnH Canon)

Kirone Todoroki (SnH OC)

Jak (Jak and Daxter [JaD] Canon)

Keira (JaD Canon)

Sig (JaD Canon)

Ashelin (JaD Canon)

Torn (JaD Canon)

Baron Praxis (JaD Canon)

Kor (JaD Canon)

[insanely-creative-things]

Cora Mizichio OC Inspiration!

The following will feature what got in my head when I created the 7th member of Big Hero 7 and resident Marine Bio major. 

The following will be undercut cause it will be slightly lenghty (not to mention it will contain spoilers for my current Story Big Hero 7: The Series)

Top Left and right: Sun Seto and Nagasumi Michishio from My Bride is a Mermaid

Truth be told, when I created her back in 2015 (Yes that many years ago) this old Anime is the base inspiration for Cora! In fact, Cora’s last name is a slight abbreviation of Nagasumi’s last name, Michishio! For those who don’t know, My bride is a Mermaid is exactly what you think the anime is about... with the added bonus that the mermaids are part of the Yakuza.

Yes.

YAKUZA. MERMAIDS.

Cora gets the her fighting prowess from Sun Seto while getting Nagasumi’s ‘Sane-man’ vibes.

Middle-Upper Left: Amy La Nina de la mochila azul( Amy, the girl with the blue backpack)

This was more of an unconscious decision when I developed Cora later on and only found the reason for the inspiration just now. About this show, its a Mexican soap opera for kids (I even watched it at the time) that follows the adventures of Amy, a sweetheart tomboy who experiences life with her adoptive fisherman father(Who is sadly failing in the fishing business), experiences her first innocent love, and lives her life. Too bad for her cause an evil woman who runs an orphanage is trying to get Amy to go there because she needs money. Also there's a plot where Amy is the missing daughter of a millionaire and there’s a legit mermaid in the show.

Huh...I can kinda see where Cora gets some of her personality from. Moving on.

Middle Bottom Left: Saoirse from Song of the sea

This little cutie fits a bit more with a younger Cora. (Meaning that Cora was mute in her early years). It also comes with a cost. If Saoirse is separated from her coat and the ocean for too long she could fall ill... yeah... a little dark. But like Saoirse, Cora does get better when she’s reunited with the ocean.

Middle Right: Coraline from Coraline

I based Cora’s design on Coraline’s hair, hearing that she dyed her hair blue. I decided that Cora’s hair and eye color would come from a motivation of dying her hair blue and getting purple eye contacts. Why those two colors? Why not. (If ya wanna know what her real hair and eye color are its Golden blonde and ocean blue eyes)

Lower-two lefts: Moana And Rapunzel from Disney

Moana and Rapunzel are a bit similar in the most part that they grew up in only one place they knew (Moana her island, Punzie in the tower) but long for more. Cora leans a bit to Moana in terms of exploring the ocean (Marine Biology mixed with robotics would do wonders) while with Rapunzel she borrows the first wonder when Cora explores the city on her own with her loved ones. Also... the Magic flower is tied to a key element in her story.

Lower right: Kubo from Kubo and the Two Strings

If you read my story, you’d know the direction this is going. But to avoid spoilers if you don’t here is a condensed version: Kubo is a demi-god who has to gather magical items to defeat his grandfather, the moon king. 

Thats all I’m gonna say. 

Hope you enjoy this sheet! Love you!

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[gae-bolg-alternative-dot-exe]

So back in July. I asked my followers to recommend me what anime to watch in my free time. From the responses that I got, I compiled a list of animes that I either never got around to or simply never would’ve watched normally and promised to watch them all fully and personally review and rate each one. I finally finished them all so here you go!

Spoilers are below for the following:

Gunsmith Cats

My Bride is a Mermaid

Ping Pong the Animation

Dusk Maiden of Amnesia

Mushishi + all seasons and movies

Planet With

Kokkoku

Chikyuu Bouei Kigyou Dai-Guard

Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru

Blue Submarine No. 6

Future Boy Conan

The way I score things

10: All time personal favorite. Strongly appeals to my personal tastes and sticks with me. 9: Nearly Perfect. Very enjoyable. Sticks with me. 8: A Great show with flaws that hold it back from a 9. 7: A solid good show. Enjoyable. May have issues 6: Decent, fine, average. I don't have any strong feelings for but kept me engaged to finish it. May even be seen as a good show but personally disappoints me in some way. 5: Mediocre. No strong feelings one way or another. Slightly dislike it, forgettable, and or boring. 4. Bad. There are flaws and they are apparent. Frustrating. 3. Borderline waste of time. Almost few or no positive things to say about it. 2. Garbage. No redeeming qualities other than being bad. 1. Personally offends me. *Just because a show is riddled with flaws doesn't mean it can't still score a 7,8,9, or even a 10 if a show aligns with my personal interests.

*Also if you recommended a show and I reviewed it weird or scored it differently than you please don’t take it the wrong way. Different media for different people and all that.

Gunsmith Cats: 8/10

Rally Vincent knows her weapons well, while her partner Minne May Hopkins loves to play with explosives. The pair run a gun-shop illegally and one day Bill Collins of the ATF, blackmails Rally and Minnie May into working for the ATF. Little do they know, that they are getting involved in a mission larger than they could imagine.

Gunsmith Cats is short fun series that I personally treated as a movie (since it was only 3 parts) based on the manga with the same name. Good episode 1 and 3 but a phenomenal episode 2. Very good action animation with likeable character designs. It was fun seeing an anime take place in a surprisingly realistic Chicago and was pretty light on American stereotypes. Unfortunately, I found the ending to be very anti-climatic and left more to be desired. Had the ending been better, the entire experience would’ve been far more memorable.

It has been brought to my attention that the anime adaptation cuts out a fair share of content from the source material which is why characters with histories with other characters show up throughout and talk to each other casually as if the viewer should almost even know who they are. Knowing that doesn’t bother me too much since I never read the manga but knowing stuff has been filled over or removed is a little disappointing. Would’ve loved some more Rally backstory and development though but there just wasn’t enough time for it.

My Bride is a Mermaid: 7.5/10

Michishio Nagasumi's life couldn't be any more normal. In an odd twist of events, during his summer vacation he ends up almost drowning in the sea. Luckily, the cute mermaid Sun Seto appears to save him. However, Sun is from a yakuza mermaid family and according to their law, if a human is to catch sight of a mermaid, either he or the mermaid must die. The only other way is for Nagasumi to be taken in as a family member, marrying Sun. In attempts to save both of their lives, Nagasumi asks for Sun's hand in marriage. Nagasumi's summer vacation reaped more then what he would expect, as he must now protect Sun from others finding her secret out.

Went in with mixed expectations but I found it to be a pretty funny parody rom-com. Admittedly, it had a rough start for me and I didn’t really find it all that funny until the setting settled into the school but I’m glad I stuck with it because once it hit its strive it was very enjoyable. Though I will say that there is quite a few instances of no-homo humor that annoyed me a bit but the show came out in 2007 and that was very much a thing rampant in media back then and I’m also able to look past that stuff and enjoy the rest. There were some really stand out bits that are going to stay with me for a long time. Very catchy opening and the 2nd ending song is really good; watched through that credit sequence fully everytime and never got tired of it. The english voice cast was super solid and I’m glad I watched it dubbed. If I didn’t watch it dubbed I would probably score it a 7 instead because I feel anime comedies are multitudes funnier in the language you know best and when you can pick up on the nuance in the way voicelines and jokes are delivered. Maki’s voice got on my nerves though but I wouldn’t say that it was the voice actresses fault for the character being the way they are. 

Funny show aside, the final arc bothered me quite a bit. It was fun that the main cast got together to fight a greater evil but the seriousness of it all felt extremely out of place. The threat of rape directed towards an unconscious and unresponding Sun was WAY too serious from the wacky antics of the rest of the show. The show skirted on sexual humor at times but nothing prior ever got close in tone for such a massive shift in story direction. The way the final arc started also didn’t feel right because it needed to have the main character Nagasumi act extremely out of character and be comically antagonistic towards Sun for no real good reason in order to set up the following series of events. I’m glad nothing bad came out as a result of the final arc but it did leave a bad taste in my mouth in what should have been a celebration of all the past episodes. I absolutely didn’t like it.

After I finished it, I looked up the writer for the series Tahiko Kimura, and apparently this was the last series that he’s ever created with Artifact Red and Yo no na wa Zushio being the 2 series that he made prior and it’s quite a shame because you could feel their comedic writing improve greatly throughout the series and I could imagine that their next work would only continue with this rising stride minus what he wrote in the final couple of episodes.

Ping Pong the Animation: 10/10

Tsukimoto Makoto (nicknamed Smile) is a quiet high-schooler who's been friends with the loud and energetic Hoshino Yukata (nicknamed Peko). They're both in the table tennis club and are very good at it, though Smile's personality prevents him from winning against Peko. The club teacher however notices Smile's talent and tries to make him gain some sportive tenacity.

Ping Pong is an exceptional show. A beautifully and uniquely crafted coming of age story and one that certainly doesn't come along often. Nothing about Ping Pong felt ordinary while still telling a very human story and a very emotional and realistic one at that. It's hard to not recognize its artistic merit. Ping Pong also tackles an aspect about sports that you don’t see very often and that’s when does the sport you commit yourself to stop becoming enjoyable and how that not only changes you but how you treat other players within the sport and your loved ones as well. And that just because you’ve lost sight of yourself, your roots of what brought you into something, and your enjoyment of it. Doesn’t mean you can’t find it again, start all over, and still find happiness and/or purpose. In the words of tumblr user @pippenpaddlopsicopolisthethird who is way more versed in writing than I am, “how the tradeoff between talent, practice, and who you are outside of your achievements can scar the spirits of kids, and what it feels like to wrestle with the tension between your core understanding of yourself and how others expect you to be”. And that “Every major character goes through massive restructurings of their fundamental sense of self and how they see others, and that every single arc comes to a well-rounded and satisfying end”.

Phenomenal soundtrack except for the song in the opening which was.. not great and didn’t really fit with the rest of the soundtrack of the show imo. Speaking of music, this maybe one of my favorite Kensuke Ushio works to date. Every song of his has so much personality and freshness to it and adds a completely other level to the show and makes scenes incredibly memorable and engaging. Ping Pong can be a little much at times and has a roundabout way of doing things especially in the middle. Wish I didn’t wait so long to watch this show but in the end, I’m glad I finally experienced it. Hard recommend to anyone and everyone even if you don’t care about ping pong because I know I didn’t going in. Currently 2nd favorite sports anime after Hajime no Ippo. You got to fall before you know what it feels to fly.

Dusk Maiden of Amnesia: 4/10

60 years ago, a young woman was left to die in the abandoned school building behind the exclusive Seikyou Academy. No one knows why. No one knows how. But the horrifying tale and the legends of the ghostly haunting that followed live on to this day. Perhaps it's not so surprising then, that among Seikyou's many school clubs is one for students interested in "paranormal investigations." What might raise more than a few hairs, however, is that the founder of the club is the ghost herself. Unable to remember how she died and trapped in the grey land between life and death, Yuuko latches onto Teiichi Niiya, a freshman who can inexplicably see her, and together they and the other unsuspecting members of the club begin to unravel the many dark mysteries that surround Seikyou. Will unlocking the secret of Yuuko's gruesome death finally free her? Or will her sudden close association with a mortal have even stranger repercussions on both of their existences?

It wasn’t going to be easy following up to a show like Ping Pong but dusk maiden of amnesia can be tldr’d down to I simply wasn’t the target audience for this kind of show nor is it the kind of romance story I tend to get invested in but even still, there were issues with it that were hard for me to ignore. Dusk Maiden is an oddly cutesy (if that is even the right word for it) show with a heavy paint layer of dark color pallets and a sinister atmosphere. While not a harem, it acts like a harem almost immediately off the bat with all 3 girls batting for protag-kun’s attention and affection for some reason for a good majority of the show. A lot of the deep meaning and seriousness of scenes are quickly undone by it’s inclination to fall back to boob fondling and ecchi tactics at any moment no matter the tone nor the seriousness of the scene prior. Everything just feels crazy out of place at all moments including Yuuko’s horny levels toward protag-kun and his varying levels of reciprocating love towards her.

For a romance-mystery-supernatural show, the romance between the members of the cast never felt genuine but rather convenient and unearned. Even though the main cast is a mighty number of only 4 characters, there is an extreme lack of communication between them at times and I feel a lot of the episodes get stretched out the way they do because of this on top of there being already a ton of miscommunication between them. The last 4 episodes finally get to the meat of the most important mystery which is Yuuko herself but by then my interest in it had already sailed.

Mushi-Shi: 9/10

They are neither plants nor animals. They differ from other forms of life such as the micro-organisms and the fungi. Instead they resemble the primeval body of life and are generally known as "Mushi". Their existence and appearance are unknown to many and only a limited number of humans are aware of them. Ginko is a "Mushi-shi" who travels around to investigate and find out more about the "Mushi". In the process, he also lends a helping hand to people who face problems with supernatural occurrences which may be related to the "Mushi".

Mushishi is an award winning anime that is also associated with having one of the highest ratings amongst anime even to this day. Now that I finished it, I can say it’s for a very good reason. I took my time with watching this one for it is told in a very relaxed and controlled manner but never does it step into being boring and uninteresting. Mushishi plays out a series of 26 very unique and stand alone tales like a storybook as we experience and solve each tale with the main character Ginko who is a calm, friendly, and well-versed Mushi professional. Mushi are spirit like entities that most can’t see but inhabit and interact with the natural world and with peoples lives. Ginko is a Mushi-shi who are travelers and free agents who treat said phenomena and help those who have gotten their lives entwined with them. The mushi range from being cute and harmless to being horrifying and nightmarish with each episode requiring different solutions in order to treat, prevent, keep at bay, and cope or live with.

Not every episode/story told is a happy one. Some are happy, many are bittersweet, and a couple stories are outright depressing and tragic. The show has been described by many as a cozy slice of life by many but I’ll be honest, I in good conscience can’t 100% share the same description lol. The show may give off unanimously chill vibes and it IS an adventure slice of life, but the show was ripe full of subtle anxiety inducing moments that glued me to the storytelling. I found myself being aware and attentive with my expectations prepared for the worst to happen at the end of each episode. Though I guess I still did overall feel at peace watching each episode despite this. 

The show did a fantastic job pacing itself out. Telling 26 unique stories with each episode having a beginning, middle, and end without feeling rushed or too slow. Sorry that this mini review is getting on the longer side but it’s hard to talk about this show in a concise way because there is so much to unpack and talk about. 9 out of 10, would recommend watching but I’m aware it’s not for everybody. Wouldn’t be a bad idea peppering a little of it into your current watching schedule.

Mushi-Shi ZOKU SHOU: 9/10

The natural continuation of the series. Carries the exact same tone, vibes, pacing, and style of story telling of the first season. If I was put in a blind fold test, I wouldn’t know that this season was released 9 years after the first one. The set of stories this time around aren’t nearly as bittersweet as the first season and I did feel that Ginko was somewhat less involved with the cases this time around. I’ll just say it now, but I absolutely love Ginko as a character. Such a cool dude, love that guy. Before I watched the show I always pegged him as a dude that just keeps to himself, gets easily annoyed by other people, lays around and only spectates. But he’s like the complete opposite. He’s got so much going on, fantastic protagonist. He’s also problematic in that he makes smoking tobacco look cool. 

Mushi-Shi The Shadow that Devours the Sun: 8/10

Hey the sun is pretty important dudes. When you see that frame of the doctors house and the sea, it’s an reliable indication that the story/episode is going to be a good one. I really enjoyed the scene where the show all the characters from the previous episodes viewing the eclipse. 

Mushi-Shi Path of Thorns: 6.5/10

It was good although I can safely say that I won’t lose any sleep if there were no more Minai clan scenes or episodes from here on out. I think it was a good idea to make what would have been episode 11 and 12 into a special. Kind of disappointed in what I’m led to believe was the forbidden mushi or at least is the nature of the forbidden mushi. There was a lot of foreshadowing for it.

Mushi-Shi Second Season: 9/10

2nd season of the 2nd season. The clever bastard that recommended mushi-shi when I asked for a 26 episode or less anime full well knowing that I would get hooked into watching past the first season really got the most bang for their buck so far in terms of their recommendation lol. I kid though, Mushi-shi has been great.

Mushi-Shi SUZU NO SHIZUKU: 7/10

New lord dropped. Very bittersweet ending but still enjoyable. The quiet scene after the credits and not being given a title for the next episode invoked a unique sense of finality that I haven’t experienced in a long time.

Planet With: 5.5/10

Souya Kuroi has dreams of people with superpowers fighting a massive dragon in the sky, but his real life is almost as weird. He's had amnesia for about two weeks and been taken in by a maid and an anthropomorphic cat. When a UFO in the shape of a stuffed bear approaches Sorimasaka City and other metros around the world, he's startled to see seven rainbow-sparkling heroes zoom out to confront it – just like in his dream. Even weirder, the maid wants him to leave his shelter to confront these heroes and take the source of their power.

Planet With is a show that I otherwise would’ve never watched on my own accord but having finished it, I thought it was overwhelmingly alright. First, I need to get this out of the way right now; this show ain’t great looking. The CGI throughout the show is generally terrible, making action scenes have no weight to them in terms of actual combat and most actions that have the intention of looking cool and impactful end up feeling floaty and silly. The 2D hand drawn stuff is fine but doesn’t make up for the CG implemented in this show. Secondly, for a good chunk of the show the main character Soya sucks major ass. Imagine young Simon from TTGL but instead of being afraid and having low confidence he’s instead angry, dumb, and unfriendly. 60-70% of the time he’s either whining and complaining about something and we the viewer are stuck with him with usually no end to his whining in sight but luckily he does get better in the last 2 episodes when he becomes almost a carbon copy of a time skip ttgl Simon.

Another problem with having ugly action scenes is that this show tries so very hard to be hot blooded and almost Gurren Lagann-esq but is simply never cool and stylish enough to make it work. The intent is all there but it can never pull off the execution. You can tell this show came out in 2018 because it has aggressively bad bass boosted and out of place sound effects like fate apocrypha. On a positive note, Planet With was VERY bold in how it did it’s reveals. As weird as the plot was, Planet With somehow delivered it all in a easy to follow and engaging way, dropping a story changing plot point every other episode. Every character manages to get their backstory in even if it’s all done in a predictable and unremarkable way. Cramming all the elements of the story into 12 episodes as cleanly as it did is arguably one of the show’s greatest feats and honestly, I can’t believe it pulled it off. Lastly, I’m not sure how I feel about the way the show dealt with genocide and forgiveness but I think I’m simply not going to think to hard about it.

Kokkoku: 8/10

Juri Yukawa lives with her NEET father and brother, her retired grandfather, her sister and her young nephew. One day, her nephew and brother are kidnapped for ransom. Having only 30 minutes to meet the demands of the kidnappers, Juri, who realizes there is not enough time to prepare the money, decides to head for their rescue by herself with knife in hand when her grandfather uses a mysterious stone passed on in the Yukawa family to stop time. In a world where everyone and everything are inert, Juri and her father and grandfather run to rescue the two. But at the kidnappers' hideout, they soon realize they are not the only ones who can move about in this still world...

Took a month break after watching Planet With since I became more interested in playing videogames in my spare time but I finally managed to getting around to Kokkoku. Kokkoku is a supernatural thriller without the usual quick tense pace of a thriller. I found the premise and the hook in the first episode immediately engaging with each subsequent episode adding more clownery to the clown car up to the point where the climax felt like a final fight in a Jojo arc. There always seemed to be new problems arising with the exception of the last two episodes where the tension lessens and stuff finally cools down. The cast was likeable enough, maybe not the most exciting cast of characters but they all served their purposes. The villain was fun and everytime a bad guy was killed off it felt very satisfying to watch. And despite seeming like a weird confusing show at first glance, it was all very straightforward and easy to understand. I was hardly ever confused about what was going on and I greatly enjoyed the pacing of it all. I also watched the dub over the sub where I found the english voicework pretty well done even though I’ve heard better dubs before. Not once did I feel compelled to switch to subbed while watching. I overall really enjoyed my time with this show and found it to be fun watch despite its faults which I’m about to get into.

So first off and most importantly, the deus ex machina in the final episode is easily my biggest gripe with the show. A happy ending was well deserved but the way it happens is simply too convenient especially how well structured I felt the rest of the story was. Nowhere in the story was that blonde woman we saw in the first episode ever get hinted at being an un-aging wife of the man who made the stasis stone and the fact that she was there in Japan of all places to be pulled into Juri’s stasis and save her when she was about to fall into despair is the most out of nowhere plot development in the show. I kept assuming that blonde woman would show up and cause problems at the end of every episode since her entering stasis was one of the first things we saw when time stopped. Also the spirit dragon creature with the gouged out eye never appeared at any moment before the very end and it would’ve been cool to see that thing get hinted at beforehand for added mystery but there was never any mystery to it since it only showed up when the deus ex machina moment happened. I liked the happy ending but not like this lol. Dropping in such a virtuoso of plot knowledge at the very end is a big no no for me so I do feel like the well fought for ending that I was hoping for was stolen away in order of convenience.   

Now some other random gripes. There isn’t a lot but there is a surprising amount of out place sex jokes for some reason and the credits felt a little tasteless opening up with Juri in her underwear for some reason despite that not being close to the tone of the show at all. A lot of the episodes end in dire cliffhangers that usually get de-escalated at the start of the next episode lessening their impact each time. I also felt that despite the high stake and dangerous situations that the family members found themselves in, I never felt that they were ever in any real danger. The superpowers of the family were too over powered for most of the bad guys to remotely handle and if things got bad I knew grandpa would teleport them out of there. Also unlike virtually every other review I’ve read for this show, I feel like I’m one of the few people that didn’t care much for the opening song and I rushed to skip it every time but it does stand out as an opening though I’ll give it that. I liked the show and had a lot of fun watching it all unfold but at the end of the day, I can’t help but feel like something was still missing from it all and I can’t quite put my finger on it.

Chikyuu Bouei Kigyou Dai-Guard: 6.5/10

Thirteen years after their sudden disappearance, an alien race known as the Heterodyne resurface without warning. To combat the Heterodyne, three office workers from the 21st Century Security Corporation operate Dai-Guard - a giant robot no longer regarded as an oversized paperweight. Unfortunately, Dai-Guard is somewhat obsolete and in disrepair. It's a tough job, but salarymen can also save the world.

So.. some of you may recall me praising Dai-Guard quite a bit when I started it and posting about it and such and I will still stand by that praise. This show has a very good start. It felt fresh, original, and fun to watch. Dai-Guard as a mech is a great design and is easy on the eyes even though it’s moveset was somewhat limited. It was easy to root for a shitty broken down mech described as a financial money pit mascot after it stopped being needed years ago. But Dai-Guard unfortunately doesn’t carry that momentum all the way through.

Dai-Guard isn’t a bad show by any margin, it’s pretty good for the most part but it plays it very safe and once it establishes its monster of the week formula it eventually gets pretty stale as it is predictable. You can jump from episode 11 to episode 23 and you’ll probably notice no changes in a characters dynamic to one another. You have a colorful cast of characters for the most part but they don’t really play off each other that much in terms of development. You’ll have an episode dedicated to one of the pilots sole character development and the next will be another and vice versa, never as a whole team. Relationships amongst one another mainly stay the same. They don’t seem to hang out with each other and for the most part are shown mostly together only when they are clocked in at work. And at the end of the day, while no ones positions in respect to another really change, everything else also doesn’t really change. The kaiju still do kaiju things. the military still does annoying military things, corporate higher ups be doing selfish corporate higher up things, etc. 

The animation and the soundtrack is pretty good and while I noticed a drop in animation quality in some parts it never at all became distracting. I found myself also enjoying the Dai-Guard ownership politics between the company and the military and the fiscal responsibility for city and personal property damage after a kaiju is defeated. For a giant mecha show, the mecha fights aren’t always in the spotlight. Dai-Guard as a story is really invested in showing the power struggle behind the scene when dealing with city wide threats and catastrophes. It becomes quickly apparent that the biggest monsters are military boot lickers and greedy corporate suits that are so far removed from the common working class. Nothing is more dangerous for the protection of the citizens than big business cats calling the shots and an uncaring and by the code military choosing what’s best for themselves first and foremost. I do really like the idea of common workers being put into the role and responsibility of piloting a big ass mech and stopping kaiju but I just wish their side job as Dai-Guards pilots weren’t constantly challenged by the military higher ups believing that these three individuals that have consistently saved the day are some how not trained and practiced enough to handle the job instead of military dudes who have only simulation training. Also the show did jump between depicting the military as villains and heroes that it got hard to get a sense of where the writers stood when it came to the military. Some episodes the military were nothing but problem makers and others the main cast would smile and be relieved at the presence of the military. So that was pretty weird but I kind of got used to it.

Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru: 6.5/10

Yuuna Yuuki is an ordinary second-year middle school student. She gets up in the morning, gets ready for school, goes to classes, participates in club activities, and has fun with her friends. But there is one extraordinary thing about Yuuki - she belongs to the “Brave Hero Club”. What does the Brave Hero Club do? Who is the mysterious being called “Vertex?” Yuuki Yuuna and her friends’ story takes place in Year 300, Era of the Gods.

I won’t lie, I was a little hesitant to start Yuuki Yuuna. It didn’t scream all that interesting at first glance and the only time of the day that I had time to watch it was at work around others which made me super self conscious of my surroundings. But in the end, I can say that it was a neat show with very pretty visuals that doesn’t ask for much from the viewer nor does it really set out to be this crazy unique original story. Yuuki Yuuna isn’t my first magical girl soldier conscripted into life or death battles under dubious contract circumstances rodeo but that didn’t really bother me because unlike a lot of other post Madoka Magica magical girl animes. Yuuki Yuuna doesn’t do it with malicious intent or for the sake of the edge™️. In fact, it’s almost the opposite. Yuuki Yuuna wants to be a cutesy hanging with the gals slice of life show more than anything, there just happens to be messed up magical girl elements and consequences looming at all times or at least that’s how I viewed it.

Now why did I score it a 6.5 and maybe not something like a 7? It’s because frankly I never felt any real attachment or care towards any of the characters. Most of the run time of the show is spent doing slice of life things with the five girls while they’re not fighting the vertex but I never found any of the girls really all that interesting. Just five playdough characters that are molded into any kind of narrative direction just to make me feel something when needed. But I guess if I were to choose, I found the health nut tsundere girl Karin the most enjoyable and her bloom form was the most cool in my opinion. While I’m still talking about the characters, there was also a weird amount of fanservice/ecchi moments for what are some of the most un-fanserviceable cast of underage characters you can get and I was grossed out everytime the show decided to focus on the girls butts or chests as if catering to an audience I greatly not want to think about. 

In conclusion, I thought the show was fine and it had some pretty great reveals that hooked me back in throughout. While enemy designs were whatever, the fight scenes still looked very good and they were a nice visual contrast compared to whenever they were just doing club activities. I’m also not sure how Yuuki Yuuna has like five other season/spinoffs not counting a sequel season that’s a prequel but unlike Mushishi, I’m content stopping at one season and it would take an incredible feat of persuasion to change my mind otherwise.

Blue Submarine No. 6: 7/10

The once famous and well respected scientist Zorndyke has bred a new genre of living being, one that thrives on the oceans and lives to destroy humans. Zorndyke believes it is time that the humans were relieved of their rule of the earth. It is up to Blue Submarine No. 6 and the rest of the Blue fleet to put an end to Zorndyke's madness and creations.

PS1 CGI GRAPHICS  PS1 CGI GRAPHICS PS1 CGI GRAPHICS PS1 CGI GRAPHICS PS1 CGI GRAPHICS! Blue Submarine No. 6 is an 1998 adaptation of the 1967 Blue Submarine No. 6 manga that has a little bit of everything. Within four episodes Blue Submarine has human struggles, out of place loud jazz music, sci-fi military submarines, gunboats, mermaid piloted mechs, talking whales, Warhammer goblins and orks, protags having trauma and existential crises, bad looking cg explosions, a girl in a skin tight bodysuit, very nice looking 2D hand drawn animation combined with incredibly dated ps1 cgi graphics, and violence. It’s like you take all these cool ideas and concepts and try to pull them all together into one cool experience. Now this might sound like one big mess of a show but I swear that it’s not, it was actually pretty enjoyable if you get into it.

That said, all the characters are kind of garbage ngl. They feel dated in how their written and some suffer being kinda 1 dimensional (sorry bodysuit girl). Zorndyke’s motives were sketchy at best but the way he’s presented, the presence he alludes, and the way others treat him. He very much reminds me of the character Kurtz in the book Heart of Darkness and I wonder if that was a possible inspiration for his character. Also I wasn’t expecting such cool monster human designs in this show and I felt that when the phantom ship crewmates were on screen I was watching warhammer ork boyz and it was very entertaining. The amount of promotional art of the mermaid humanoid girl made me think she was going to play a huge role in the show but I felt she could’ve done more honestly. She would show up like once or twice an episode for a couple scenes and that’d be it. Finally, the phantom ship has to be one of the coolest fictional ship designs I have seen in a long time.

Future Boy Conan: 8.5/10

July 2008. Mankind was faced with the threat of extinction. An ultra-magnetic weapon, far more devastating than any nuclear weapon known, destroyed half the world in an instant. The earth's crust was rocked by massive movements, the earth was thrown off its axis, and the five continents were torn completely apart and sank deep below the sea... The attempt by a number of people to flee to outer space failed. Their spaceships were forced back to the earth and vanished with their hopes shattered. But one of the spaceships narrowly escaped destruction and crash-landed on a small island which had miraculously survived the devastation. The crew members of the spaceship settled there, as if they were seeds sown on the island. After years, a boy was born. He was a new life in the desert, a ray of light in the darkness of the annihilated earth...

To end off the list, a highly influential but not necessarily highly rated show (during it’s airtime) amongst Japanese audiences in the late 70′s and early 80′s, Future Boy Conan. Though not made by Ghibli, it’s straight out of director Hayao Miyazaki’s animation sweat shop and knowing Miyazaki’s history of overworking his staff, it’s immediately understood that the artists and animators on board for this show were grinded to a pulp making this family friendly post-apocalyptic adventure beast of a story where the themes and story elements can easily be discovered in Miyazaki’s later works. If you know me well you’d know that I don’t like Miyazaki as a person but I admit he’s pretty good when it comes to putting out good anime. There’s a lot to talk about for this show because of how meaty and how much work and progression gets done each episode (each episode is 30 minutes). Out of the entire list of shows that were recommended to me, Conan has the most intensive amount of animation work done with nuanced and weighty animation from the way characters move, to the way character’s collide and interact with objects, and to the way characters traverse their settings. It’s all very visually impressive with a fun story to boot which makes me wish Miyazaki directed more series length shows before solely focusing on movies.

I don’t want to get into every narrative detail about the story because I’d encourage people to stop reading this mini review and go watch the show for themselves but the story is pretty simple and straightforward. Apocalyptic world, one island is nice the other not so nice, boy meets girl, girl meets boy, they really like each other, go to extreme lengths to save the other, some bad guys become good, lots of traveling, got to save super grandpa, you learn more about the world, human consequence and error, main boy is really strong, main girl has telepathy, bad guys want to harness solar power to resurrect world ending weapons from the past, etc. Nothing really extreme and complicated, in fact, it might be too straightforward for its own good. All the major plot points are predictable and expected. Aside from how Conan will get the job done you shouldn’t ever really be surprised how things play out. Like classic Miyazaki, there really isn’t really any narrative edge that hits you out of nowhere to keep things interesting or on your toes. Motives are clear and easy to see. It’s clear that this is a show that can be viewed at a young age while also enjoyed as an adult. And though I wouldn’t classify Future Boy Conan as a romance. The relationship between Conan and Lana is beyond endearing and is cute to witness. Many romance animes of today could learn a thing or two from Conan and Lana.

Personally, I found Captain Dyce while questionably stranger danger at points, stealing the spotlight with his weirdness and comic relief no matter how dire the situation. Aside from Dyce, no one’s character design really stands out and like classic Miyazaki, a grand majority of the characters present within the story are extremely plain and simple looking. You’ll get crowds of people but everyone in the crowd will have the same face and hair which gets a little uncanny to look at. I’d also like to mention that I was surprised at how violent the first half of the story was when it came towards the treatment of Conan and Jimsy. It didn’t shy away from child abuse and making sure Conan and Jimsy got ruffed up by the bad guys and put to work. Future Boy Conan also isn’t the show to watch if you have an intense fear of drowning because for a good portion of the show, they introduce a new terrifying and creative way of drowning almost every other episode either it being crushed under a sinking ship with no air, being lost at sea while hand cuffed arms to legs, somehow hand locked to a submerged anchor, trapped in a rapidly flooding mine, etc.

Finally and I need to stress this, Conan is a freak of nature. That boy may not be the most interesting of protagonists but the herculean level of physical feats he is able to pull off is wild and his insane physical strength though realized by other characters, is never once questioned. No surface too hard to climb, no ledge too narrow to grab onto, no object too heavy, no distance too far to jump or fall. You know they say all men are created equal. But, you at look at Conan and you look at Samoa Joe and you can see that statement is not true! See, normally if you go one-on-one with another wrestler you got a 50/50 chance of winning. But Conan’s a genetic freak, not normal! So you got a twenty five percent at best to beat Conan! And then you add Kurt Angle to the mix? The chances of winning drastically go down. See, the three-way at Sacrifice, you got a thirty three and a third chance of winning. But Conan! He’s got a sixty six and two-thirds chance of winning, cuz Kurt Angle KNOWS he can’t beat him, and he’s not even gonna try. So, Samoa Joe, you take your thirty three and a third chance minus Conan’s twenty five percent chance and you got an eight and a third chance of winning at Sacrifice. But then you take his 75 perchance-chance of winnin’ and then add sixty six and two thirds…percent's, Conan’s got a one hundred forty one and two-thirds chance of winning at Sacrifice! See Samoa Joe? The numbers don’t lie, and they spell disaster for you at Sacrifice.

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Rewatch: My Bride is a Mermaid - Conclusion

The manga Seto No Hanayome was one that relied heavily on visual comedy and Japanese wordplay, as is common with most gag mangas, and it ended up being nigh untranslatable as a result. It’s anime adaptation, however, played to its unique strengths of movement and voice-acting, and the English dub version My Bride is a Mermaid is an excellent translation; I don’t think there was a single bad performance out of the main cast and I honestly prefer most of the dub voice actors’ portrayals to the original Japanese ones. And since it’s a Seiji Kishi anime which means a lot of screaming at top volume, these voice actors are to be praised even more for risking throwing out their vocal cords out of commitment to their work. 

Furthermore, I honestly believe that this 26-episode anime is superior to the manga, and to the four Japanese-exclusive OVA episodes it later got that adapted other manga stories. The anime stopped at the exact equivalent to the end of the manga’s first half, volume 8. The manga would go on until volume 16, and while there were good moments and even a few outright good stories in this second half, it suffered from an influx of new characters that lacked the charm of the ones we already had and were more often than not redundant. 

Satori Sarutobi, Chimp’s little sister, was at first a one-shot character in the manga’s first half, in a chapter that was adapted as one of the OVA episodes. It would have been fine if that was all of her, but in the second half of the manga she suddenly was brought back as a recurring character and part of Nagasumi’s “harem”, which really did not need a little sister type in it (does any anime harem?) The second half of the manga began with the debut of Saturn, which was the basis for another OVA episode. In said OVA, Saturn was toned down into an innocent one-shot character who didn’t mean to scare and attack anyone and only wanted to see her childhood friend Sun again, returning to the sea without incident after she does. But in the actual manga, Saturn was a horrible bitch and a lesbian yandere who was in love with Sun and wanted to sabotage anyone who she saw as in her way, male and female alike. Not only is she a rehash of the “Sun’s childhood friend who is a screwed up person and gay for her” concept we already had with Lunar except done in a far less appealing way, but she then rehashes Gozaburo’s role by becoming a teacher at the school and the most frequent antagonist for a good many chapters following her introduction.

Sugio is literally Kamata’s twin brother and it makes no sense to include him when Kamata could have just been used for whatever roles he plays. Tenchou is the owner of a maid cafe that Akeno is forced to work at to pay off a debt, which draws in most of the other girls to work there too for chapters upon chapters, the first of which was the basis for an OVA episode. He could have been interesting as the straight man to the merpeople antics around him, but he’s kept too much at a distance from them, to the point where his design is altered in the OVA and his role is a mute, stationary one. The last new character who got adapted into an OVA episode is a recurring school delinquent named Emperor, who eventually got an incredibly disturbing chapter where it’s revealed he’s a fully-grown man who got perpetually held back in middle school, and who lusts after Lunar up until the chapter’s end where he gives up and goes home...with his wife and daughter. Yeah, that’s not funny, that’s just uncomfortable. 

We later got Jupiter, a kind of counterpart to Saturn except that she’s in love with Akeno, has an absurdly androgynous design, and is characterized by how utterly useless she is. Her desperate, stalker-y antics to get Akeno to return her affections are more annoying than humorous, and she’s so pathetic as an antagonist that the Last Amazoness is made to be more dangerous! Fuki is later introduced as Maki’s lookalike sister (her redundancy is such that it’s said that she was literally called “Maki #2″ in her childhood), and she serves Maruko Okhotsk, a teenage yakuza boss and creepy religious zealot who is yet another childhood friend of Sun’s who is obsessed with her to an insane degree and who ends up becoming yet another member of Nagasumi’s “harem”. You see what I mean about the redundancy issue?

The only new character I really appreciate is Amano Edomae, Lunar’s mother who sheds new light on Lunar’s childhood and motivations for becoming an idol, and is an interesting character in her own right who compliments her daughter and ex-husband well. Shortly after her introduction we go into the final story arc, which gives us 1/8th Figurine, a pixie-esque mer-noble later revealed to be a goddess who has no personality beyond providing long, drawn-out exposition, and Maki Yuri, a pupil of Akeno’s who recycles the name of a pre-existing character, rehashes Jupiter’s concept as a potential lesbian love interest for Akeno, and basically plays the same role that Akeno did in the anime’s finale since Akeno had developed to the point where she couldn’t play it here meaning a replacement was needed.

The manga’s finale, btw, is nowhere near as impactful as the anime’s, since Yoshio is a very different character here (an out-and-out catfish who was previously just a one-shot from the manga’s first half, who wants Sun so that he can make her the new sea goddess and rule through her), his forces fight the heroes by invading the school rather than the heroes taking the fight to him in his stronghold, the charmless new characters are involved and there are weaker roles for many of the older ones (Kai and Gozaburo especially are worse off), the resolution is anti-climactic (Nagasumi and Sun impale Yoshio with that magic spear that was used on Nagasumi when he was turned into a giant, which purifies the evil in Yoshio’s heart and makes him reform), and all of the humans involved in the battle, Nagasumi included, get their memories of it wiped Mewtwo-style by 1/8th Figurine which means they don’t get to savor the victory. The last chapter is just a random beach day for everyone, and while all the characters are left on the most appropriate note for them, it still feels underwhelming and even kind of forced (Nagasumi asks Sun to marry him here after she saves him from drowning again just like in the first chapter, and it’s revealed that she’d given him CPR back then so Masa wasn’t his first kiss after all...because that really needed to be clarified, right?)

Aside from the events and characterizations of episode 13 and episode 18 being far better portrayed, the only thing that I think the manga truly has over the anime is how Akeno’s story and character develop. I think I came to love Akeno even more on this rewatch than I did the first time around, and it was kind of disappointing that the anime ends before anything more can come out of the reveals in episode 23. The manga actually continues that plotline and by the end Akeno finds out that Masa is her brother and they get to have a formal reconciliation, and Akeno in general feels like an even stronger character who’s grown so much more by the end of the manga when compared to the end of the anime. Which isn’t to say that she and her development in the anime is bad, because it isn’t at all - it just feels notably incomplete. I’d gladly trade all four OVA episodes we got for one long OVA about Akeno; she deserves it.

And now, to wrap things up, my top 10 favorite characters and episodes:

1. Sun Seto 2. Lunar Edomae 3. Mawari Zenigata 4. Akeno Shiranui 5. Gozaburo Seto 6. Nagasumi Michishio 7. Kai Mikawa 8. Masa 9. Ren Seto 10. Papa Edomae

1. Episode 8: Duel* 2. Episode 26: The Place You Go Home To* 3. Episode 19: There's No Business Like Show Business 4. Episode 24: Farewell, My Friend 5. Episode 11: Armageddon 6. Episode 2: The Lord of the Ring 7. Episode 23: The Man Without a Past 8. Episode 17: Cops vs. Thugs 9. Episode 22: Privilege 10. Episode 6: Faibles Femmes   * Honorable mention to episodes 7 and 25, which are the set-up for these ones.

What else is left to say but: Honor Among Thieves is Honor Under the Seas!

[alejandrocthulu]

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My Bride is a Mermaid

I enjoy this show because growing up, I was never really into romance anime. But having watched every single anime on Netflix at the time. I saw one that caught my eye. It was a show about a mermaid named Sun marrying a guy from the land named Nagasumi Michishio. It was amazing because it wasn’t super duper glitter and sparkle, relying more on comedy. I related with the main character because I was also a very unaware person. I just liked the characters, and hope it comes back. Even though it ended with a Mermaid Tower being destroyed by Sun, it was wild.

[comicsin5panels]

Manga-Mania May: My Bride Is A Mermaid

How do you get an elephant down from a tree? You make it sit on a leaf, then wait for autumn.

Why is it dangerous to take a stroll through the woods? Because of all the elephants dropping from the trees.

Why is the beaver's tail so flat? Because it went for a walk through the forest when it was autumn.

There comes a point where you can no longer expand a joke. TV-shows, movies and, in this case, mangas don't always know when enough is enough.

Seriously, NOBODY wanted FIVE Scary Movies.

As I stated in my review of Gin Tama, a funny manga usually stops being funny after ten books, if not before that. Even worse, it could start taking itself seriously like the garbage that is "Sumomomo Momomo".

And though it isn't AS bad as before-mentioned garbage, "My Bride Is A Mermaid" should have known when enough was enough.

Michishio Nagasumi led a normal life till the day he almost drowned. But he was saved by the mermaid Sun.

Good news, he is alive. Yay!

Bad news... Sun's father is the leader of a merpeople mafia family. The mafia family has a strict law: Either Nagasumi gets killed in order to keep the merpeople's existence secret... or he get's married to Sun and thus becomes a part of the family. Not wanting to die AND being infatuated with the mermaid, Nagasumi agrees to become Sun's fiance. However, Sun's father Gouzaburou is anything but pleased by this, so he tries to get the landlubber killed.

This manga is a ton of fun. And it does anything but taking itself seriously. Nagasumi is a lucky bastard as well as an unfortunate guy by being engaged to the pretty and kind gangster princess Sun. But as the manga goes on, the supportive cast gets expanded to the point that it is ridicules. There are one or maybe two of said supportive characters I actually loath like Saturn, but the main problem is that the manga gets REAAAALLY crowded. Less characters and cutting the story shorter would have made it ten times better, just saying.

I know there is an anime series as well, but haven't watched it yet. Maybe I should. Heard good things about it.

Despite my possibly too harsh words, I DO enjoy this manga a lot, and you should check it out as well. It's cute and funny.

That’s one down, 14 to go.

I’m Waezi2, and thanks for wasting time with me.

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Infinity Hearts χ Tree of Life

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by Infinity_Hearts22

Moved from my KingInfinity profile. Set in Kingdom Hearts χ. Having saved Miharu from the SMB's Special Forces Division, Yukinari is greeted by the Master of Masters with a test: see if he is worthy of the Keyblade. May his heart be his guiding key.

Words: 12296, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Kingdom Hearts (Video Games), GIRLSブラボー | Girls Bravo - All Media Types, 小林さんちのメイドラゴン | Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon | Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, ワンパンマン | One-Punch Man, Cinderella (1950), Anastasia (1997), Hazbin Hotel (Web Series), Helluva Boss (Web Series), Dangan Ronpa - All Media Types, 瀬戸の花嫁 | Seto no Hanayome | My Bride is a Mermaid, Ouran High School Host Club - All Media Types, Mahou Sensei Negima!, Summer Wars (2009)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Other

Characters: Yukinari Sasaki, Master of Masters (Kingdom Hearts), Miharu Sena Kanaka, Kirie Kojima, Kazuharu Fukuyama, Lisa Fukuyama, Koyomi Hare Nanaka, Tomoka Lana Jude, Ebi (Girls Bravo), Maharu Sena Kanaka, Lilica Stacy, Hayate (Girls Bravo), Kosame (Girls Bravo), Hijiri Kanata, Yukina (Girls Bravo), Kobayashi (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid), Tohru (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid), Kanna Kamui, Elma (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid), Quetzalcoatl "Lucoa" (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid), Fafnir (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid), Ilulu (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid), Makoto Takiya, Riko Saikawa, Georgie Saikawa, Shouta Magatsuchi, Saitama (One-Punch Man), Genos (One-Punch Man), Sonic (One-Punch Man), King (One-Punch Man), Fubuki (One-Punch Man), Metal Bat (One-Punch Man), Tatsumaki (One-Punch Man), Zombieman (One-Punch Man), Zenko (One-Punch Man), Lord Boros (One-Punch Man), Puri Puri Prisoner (One-Punch Man), Child Emperor (One-Punch Man), Atomic Samurai (One-Punch Man), Iaian (One-Punch Man), Watchdog-man (One-Punch Man), Drive Knight (One-Punch Man), Tanktop Master (One-Punch Man), Lily (One-Punch Man), Hero Association (One-Punch Man), Superalloy Darkshine (One-Punch Man), Pig God (One-Punch Man), Sitch (One-Punch Man), Metal Knight (One-Punch Man), Mizuki (One-Punch Man), Suiko (One-Punch Man), Tanktop Girl (One-Punch Man), Lin Lin (One-Punch Man), Z Branch Operator (One-Punch Man), Mumen Rider | License-less Rider, Cinderella (Kingdom Hearts), Prince Charming (Kingdom Hearts), Jaq (Disney), Grand Duke (Disney: Cinderella), King (Disney: Cinderella), Lady Tremaine (Disney), Anastasia Tremaine (Kingdom Hearts), Drizella Tremaine (Disney), Fairy Godmother (Kingdom Hearts), Anya | Anastasia Romanov (Anastasia 1997 & Broadway), Dimitri | Dmitry (Anastasia 1997 & Broadway), Vladimir Vanya Voinitsky Vasilovich, Rasputin (Anastasia 1997), Dowager Empress (Anastasia 1997 & Broadway), Bartok (Anastasia 1997), Sophie Stanislovskievna Somorkov-Smirnoff, Charlie Magne, Vaggie (Hazbin Hotel), Angel Dust (Hazbin Hotel), Alastor (Hazbin Hotel), Niffty (Hazbin Hotel), Husk (Hazbin Hotel), Blitzo (Helluva Boss), Stolas Goetia, Verosika Mayday, Octavia Goetia, Loona (Helluva Boss), Moxxie (Helluva Boss), Millie (Helluva Boss), Vortex (Helluva Boss), Class 78 (Dangan Ronpa), Class 77 (Dangan Ronpa), New Dangan Ronpa V3 Ensemble, Future Foundation Member(s) (Dangan Ronpa), Reserve Course Student(s) (Dangan Ronpa), Hope's Peak Student Council Member(s) (Dangan Ronpa), Machishio Family, Seto Clan, Edomae Clan, Isumo 8th Junior High, The Ouran High School Host Club, Negi Springfield, Mahora Academy Class 3-A, Takahata T. Takamichi, Shizuna Minamoto, Konoe Konoemon, Nekane Springfield, Albert "Chamo" Chamomile, Anastasia "Anya" Yurievna Cocolova, Kenji Koiso, Natsuki Shinohara, Kazuma Ikezawa, Sakae Jinnouchi, Wabisuke Jinnouchi, Takashi Sakuma, Mariko Jinnouchi, Riichi Jinnouchi, Rika Jinnouchi, Mansuke Jinnouchi, Tasuke Jinnouchi, Shota Jinnouchi, Naomi Miwa, Kiyomi Ikezawa, Mansaku Jinnouchi, Yorihiko Jinnouchi, Kunihiko Jinnouchi, Katsuhiko Jinnouchi, Noriko Jinnouchi, Nana Jinnouchi, Yumi Jinnouchi, Yuhei Jinnouchi, Shingo Jinnouchi, Mao Jinnouchi, Kana Jinnouchi, Ava (Kingdom Hearts), Ira (Kingdom Hearts), Invi (Kingdom Hearts), Aced (Kingdom Hearts), Gula (Kingdom Hearts), Chirithy (Kingdom Hearts), Moogle (Kingdom Hearts)

Relationships: Yukinari Sasaki/Harem, Harem/Kobayashi (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid), Kanna Kamui/Saikawa Riko, Saitama/Harem (One-Punch Man), Prince Charming/Cinderella (Disney), Dimitri | Dmitry/Anya | Anastasia Romanov (Anastasia 1997 & Broadway), Charlie Magne/Vaggie, Millie/Moxxie (Helluva Boss), Blitzo/Octavia Goetia (Helluva Boss), Blitzo/Stolas Goetia/Verosika Mayday, Makoto Naegi/Harem, Komaru Naegi/Byakuya Togami/Fuyuhiko Kuzuryū, Hajime Hinata/Sato, Nagasumi Michishio/Harem, Haruhi Fujioka/Harem, Kenji Koiso/Natsuki Shinohara, Negi Springfield/Harem

Additional Tags: Harems, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Action/Adventure, Explicit Language, Implied Sexual Content, Alcohol, Non-Graphic Violence

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Rewatch: My Bride is a Mermaid Ep 9 - 11

In which I watch three episodes, each better than the last.

Except for their endings, which somehow keep getting worse.

Episode 9: The Running Man

OK, so much happen in these episodes that I’m doing this with bullet points.

- “SUN! YOU JUST HIT A CELEBRITY IN THE FACE WITH A VOLLEYBALL!”  Right off the bat, Lunar loses all of that menace she had in the previous two episodes. What a dork!

- Kai Mikawa is introduced, crashing though the gym floor with a submarine. He’s a jerk who throws his power and money around to solve his problems, but a highly entertaining one.

- That flashback to child Kai and child Sun was hilarious and adorable.

- Kai has severe agoraphobia. He would thrive in the current conditions of the world.

- The midway point of the episode is clearly where Kai’s debut chapter in the manga ended, with him seemingly leaving to go on a journey of self-improvement for Sun’s sake only to show up as a new classmate the next day. The second half of the episode is a completely different story about a school field day, with the only link being Kai’s heavy involvement.

- Kai reveals his famous space suit, the only way he can get around his problem with being outdoors. He also gains a devoted servant in Chimp, who betrays Nagasumi and even tries to launch missiles at him from Kai’s submarine. Damn it, why couldn’t you stay Chimp Roshi? Actually, great things come out of this Kai/Chimp alliance later on, so I should be grateful.

- Sun’s team is rightfully losing, so Gozaburo fucking cheats and declares the final event to be worth a ridiculously large amount of points so that if Sun’s team win it, they win the whole field day. But ha ha, this plan fails when a downpour of rain incapacitates the merpeople.

- Seeing Kai flopping around on the track as an orca whale is just....what!?

- The episode ends abruptly: Sun sings her ridiculous sleep song to put everyone to sleep, and then there’s a brief scene with all the girls talking before Nagasumi, Kai and Chimp’s faces get superimposed onto a rainbow and Kai’s voice saying something like “I’ll get you next time, Nagasumi Michishio!” Really? They couldn’t think of a better way to end it?

Episode 10: Iron Man

- This episode introduces one of the most famous characters from this series: Lunar’s father, the boss of the Edomae Gang, who is a total Terminator parody. Seeing this huge, seemingly emotionless, Arnold Schwarzenegger-looking guy as an overprotective dad is hysterical.

- Nagasumi spends the start of the episode being menacingly stalked by Papa Edomae and trying to convince all his doubting friends that he really saw such a monster of a man. This would have worn thin if it’s all the episode was, but thankfully it switches gears pretty quickly.

- Mawari throttles Chimp. I fucking love you, Mawari!

- A long chase scene with Nagasumi and Kai running from Papa Edomae occurs, with them trying every possible hiding place, getaway route, or means of defense (Kai even pulls a Karin Kanzuki and tries to blow Papa Edomae up with a satellite beam), but nothing works. 

- So Kai’s dead, then? But he only just got introduced! 

- Sun comes in to protect Nagasumi, which isn’t a surprise. But Gozaburo coming in to protect them both is, and Nagasumi is astounded by his heroism as he holds his own against Papa Edomae in a brutal 1-on-1 battle that, like episode 8′s climax, seems very DBZ-inspired.

- Papa Edomae’s identity is revealed, he goes into a flaming dumpster and, in a parody of Terminator 2, gives a thumbs up while saying “Hasta La Vista, baby!” And that’s the end. Again, pretty abrupt. You would think we’d get more from Lunar at the end than we did.

- Another Masa Today omake, with Maki getting her comeuppance for that stunt she pulled two episodes ago: first locked in a cage and then flushed down the toilet! Damn, that’s harsh.

Episode 11: Armageddon

- Chimp Roshi is back! But damn it, he’s indulging in the perverted side of Roshi, which isn’t any different from how he usually acts! And now Kai is in on this creepy-ass behavior too?

- Lunar is devastated at having gained weight and immediately decides to go on a crash diet, which she drags Sun into, which in turn drags Gozaburo into it. Oh, this is going to be fun!

- Masa and Shark Fujishiro run their own mermaid telemarketing channel in their off time. It’s supposed to make funds for the Seto Gang, yet Gozaburo buys from it himself to help with Sun and Lunar’s exercising! And then Fujishiro buys from it as well! These people are idiots!

- Nagasumi accidentally drinks mermaid bottled water, which has a negative effect on humans...specifically, it makes him grow gigantic and turn into a mindless rampaging beast!

- Mawari sees a giant, naked Nagasumi and decides she’s overworking herself.

- Class Rep sees a giant, naked Nagasumi and decides she needs new glasses.

- It’s Kai to the rescue when he hits Nagasumi with a rocket ship and sends him to the moon before he can smash up the town. But then he takes it too far and launches missiles at the moon to kill his rival with. “Time for you to DIE, Nagasumi Michishio!” Gee-zuz, Kai! O_O

- Gozaburo is also hilariously ecstatic about this development, but poor Sun is devastated. It’s brief, but we actually see Lunar looking concerned and saying “Sun...” softly. Awww! 

- That Lance of Longilus-inspired mermaid spear actually ends up playing a pivotal role in the climax of the manga, but here its main use is for one of the funniest jokes in the series. Sun gives her dramatic speech and catchphrase amidst the falling sakura petals, gets ready to throw the spear at the moon...and then trips and falls down. And then Octopus Nishijima lands on the spear and breaks it. Needless to say, Sun’s mind breaks at the exact same time.

- But it’s OK, because order one spear from Masa’s TV channel and get a second free!

- The episode could have ended on a funny yet touching note with Sun and Nagasumi, but it fucks up at the last minute by having it end on more abuse given to poor Nagasumi from his awful parents. Child abuse is something that is extremely hard to make funny, and I’m sorry, this show does not manage it. Gozaburo is Nagasumi’s unwilling father-in-law, so him beating up Nagasumi is funny. Nagasumi’s actual father beating him up, otoh, is just aggravating.

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Tentang Anime Seto no Hanayome - Wikipedia Anime Kehidupan Michishio Nagasumi tidak bisa lagi normal. Dalam kejadian aneh, selama liburan musim panasnya, dia akhirnya hampir tenggelam di laut. Untung si putri duyung Seto Sun nampaknya menyelamatkannya. Namun, Sun berasal dari keluarga putri duyung yakuza dan menurut hukum mereka, jika ada manusia yang melihat putri duyung, apakah dia atau putri duyung harus mati. Satu-satunya cara lain adalah agar Nagasumi bisa masuk sebagai anggota keluarga, menikahi Sun. Dalam usaha untuk menyelamatkan kedua hidup mereka, Nagasumi meminta tangan Sun untuk menikah. Liburan musim panas Nagasumi menuai lebih dari yang dia harapkan, karena sekarang dia harus melindungi Sun dari orang lain untuk menemukan rahasianya. Baca Lebih Lanjut Yuk di http://waifuku.web.id/anime/seto-no-hanayome/?feed_id=9863&_unique_id=5d259b0817958 #wikipedia #wikipedianime #anime #animegirl #AnimeArt #AnimeBoy #animelover #animefan #animeworld #animegirls #animememe #animeedit #animecosplay #animestyle #animekawaii #animelife #animecouple #animefacts #animefreak #animemanga

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Seto no Hanayome: Michishio Nagasaumi szüleivel elutazik a rég nem látott nagyanyjához nyaralni, a Seto tengerhez. Apja unszolására elkíséri a partra és, hogy bebizonyítsa neki, hogy tud úszni, bemegy a a vízbe.  A valóság azonban az, hogy nem tud, épp ezért el is kezd fuldoklani, majd pedig alámerül, de még mielőtt megfulladna megmenti egy sellő. Délután elmeséli a történetet a többieknek, akik persze érthető okokból nem hisznek neki. Nem sokkal később feltűnik egy Seto San nevű lány, aki Nagasumi felesége akar lenni, de még mielőtt bárki felfoghatná mi történik, a lány családja magával viszi őket a tenger aljára. A műfajmeghatározás elég bonyolult, mert bár romantikus vígjátékkal van dolgunk, ez elég sokszor háttérbe szorul a drámának, a science-fictionek, a fantasynak, az akciónak, a szuperképességeknek és a filmes paródiáknak köszönhetően. A történet klisés? Igen de az ismerős helyzetek és az előre kiszámítható cselekménymenet mégis szórakoztat. A karakterek valami fantasztikusak, ennyi őrültet és különálló egyéniséget rég nem láttam, egy rövidebb sorozatban. Hangzás tekintetében csillagos ötöst kell adnom, a zene az átlagos szintis dallamokból és kis zongorából állna, ha nem lennének benne komolyzenei elemek és gitáros, egy két helyen rockosabb ritmusok. A szinkron megint osztályon felüli, a seiyuuk olyan minőségi munkát végeztek, hogy azt hinnénk, ezeket a szerepeket külön nekik találták ki. A  grafika legjobb része a fizika törvényeit meghazudtoló jeleneteknél köszön vissza. Legyen szó, akár egy háborúról, akár egy kihalt sivatagról, robbanásról, óriás lényekről, filmmontázsakról és eget verő poénrengetegről, mindenhol megállja a helyét. Láttunk már hasonlót és fogunk is, de ennyire vicces és eredeti történet még nem nagyon fordult meg nálam, mindenképpen az élen van a helye és benne van a filmtörténelem egyik legnagyobb kulcspillanata, amikor még a fapofa is akkorát nevet, hogy az utca végén hallani lehet majd. Ha hasonlítani akarnám a vicc faktort akkor a School Rumble lenne a párja. Összesítve : Mindenkinek ajánlható, igazi top szórakozás. MAL 10 pont. #setonohanayome #anime #nagyítóalatt https://www.instagram.com/p/BujxTShAsY3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=trqdc7x2lyay

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My Bride is a Mermaid What happens when a boy is saved by a mermaid? Michishio Nagasumi finds that out in this anime. Once saved he finds he must merry his savior Seto San or die. With many obstetrical in his way he must survive and protect San at each turn. The boy must become a man worthy of his Mermaid bride.

It is an anime that has a story of love, comedy, and a bit of action mixed in one. An anime you must add to your watch list.

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Seto no Hanayome

O garoto Nagasumi Michishio, em suas férias de verão em Seto, é salvo de afogamento pela jovem sereia San Seto, porém isso viola o segredo de identidade das sereias, pelo que os dois devem morrer. Para evitar esse destino, a mãe de San decide casá-los, o que manteria o segredo dentro da família, a contragosto do pai, um chefe mafioso. Agora Nagasumi tem que se adaptar a essa nova vida com sua esposa, os atentados à sua vida pelo seu sogro e outros antagonistas como a filha de um mafioso rival e um rico estudante interessado por San.

My Bride is a Mermaid, 瀬戸の花嫁

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