Halloween

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2013!!!

K-Drama Special

This year it can be said without a doubt that SBS has been dominating the k-drama ratings chart especially during their Wednesday/Thursday drama line-up.

Skip Beat Chapter 205

In this chapter, Kuon(Ren) comes face to face with Kyoko but he has to feign ignorance because he can't let his identity be exposed, but being the gentlemen that he is he couldn't leave Kyoko down in the dumps and in her depressed state. I'm really interested in how the next chapter will unfold hopefully there will be some huge developments. 

Beyond: Two Souls Mini-Review

Quanticdream has done it once again and has delivered another one of their signature gaming cinematic masterpieces. Beyond Two Souls was a joy ride with it's up's, down's, and twists and turns. I really enjoyed the relationship/bond between Jodie and Aiden. On the shipping side of things I really like Jay/Jodie but I'm also okay with Ryan/Jodie it's just I like Jay/Jodie together as a couple more so over the latter pairing. 

Verdict

The quality of this game is superb and astounding. I really became emotionally invested into the characters and story. This game is a definite must buy. 

Score: 9.3

Legend of Korra: Beginnings Part I & Part II

All I can say about these two episodes are wow! These two episodes were not only beautifully animated but also helped to put the Legend of Korra back on track, and hopefully the ensuing episodes to come will also be on the same caliber as these two episodes in terms of quality and story-telling. The origin story of the 1st Avatar was brilliantly orchestrated and laid out. I really came to like Wan not only as a character but as a person too. He made a costly mistake and instead of running away from the problems he's caused he decided to own up to his mistakes and make things right again. What a sweetheart! Now I can only hope that Korra after witnessing the origins of the Avatar will come to respect the Avatar lineage more so than she did before and live up to her expectations and fulfill her duties properly as the current Avatar.   

Shipping Cafe #10

SoulxMaka

These two are absolutely adorable together as a couple. Their close relationship was displayed quite a bit in the manga and even though they didn't kiss because Soul Eater is a shounen manga and romance is not heavily on the menu. At the end of the manga I can safely say that a possible romantic relationship in the future was hinted at.  

2013 Fall Animes

2013 Fall Animes That I'm Interested In: 

1. Diabolik Lovers

2. Kill la Kill

3. Kikou Shoujo Wakizutsukanai

4. Galilei Donna

5. Magi Second Season

6. Tokyo Ravens

7. Golden Time

8. Strike the Blood

9. Kyoukai no Kanata

10. Walkure Romanze

11. Neppu Kairiku Bushiroad

12. Samurai Flamenco 

Gu Family Book

I've just recently finished watching this drama after what felt like a long hiatus from when I first started watching it. This drama was a mixed-bag of good and bad. The story for the most part is interesting and to a degree endearing.Which tells the tale of a half-human and half gumiho (fox demon). Personally, I think the drama overstayed its welcome. I think it didn't need 24 episodes and could have easily wrapped up everything with either 20 or 21 episodes. At a certain point, I found myself caring more for Kang Chi's parents and their tragic love story over his own story. In fact, I'd much rather have had the drama focusing on the parents and not even bring the son into the equation. I love Lee Seung Gi as an actor and he did the best that he could with the character that he had to portray, but something about Kang Chi as a character just kinda rubbed me the wrong way.

I wished that there were more action scenes or something to spice things up a bit. I was really looking forward to Suzy's character Yeo Wool to be a bad-ass female warrior, and at times she did hold her own, but in the end she was reduced to somewhat of a damsel in distress. One major factor working in the favor of this k-drama was the ost which by the way was superb.

Verdict

This drama was kind of a hit or miss for me. I mean, it's watchable and I was able to successfully make it through all 24 episodes in one piece, but at times this drama made me so frustrated with some of the characters' actions. I'd much rather the story have been about Wol-Ryung and Seo hwa instead of focusing on their son Kang Chi.

Score: 7.5

Legend of Korra: The Sting

In this episode, Masami was on the rise while Makorra continues to sink into the deep depths of the ocean waters. Varrick being a villian could be spotted from a mile away I already put it together when Mako suspected that the Northern Water tribe wasn't behind the bombing attack. I was glad that Bolin told Mako off after the past couple of episodes Mako acted like a jerk to him. Korra getting amnesia is a welcome change of pace hopefully we'll get good character building and development because as much as I hate to say it Korra is dragging her show down and has become very unlikable and that's very sad to see. This season has really become very predictable and has lost a lot of complexity that the lst season had done so well. It's such a shame to see how piss-pour the writing for this show has become... :( 

Memory Lane #09

W.i.t.c.h.

I remember back in the day when I'd wake up early on Saturday mornings in time just to tune into this show. That was of course when the Saturday morning cartoon show line-up was worth watching and getting up early for compared to the current Saturday morning cartoon line-up.

I Hear Your Voice

Is this the real life? Or is this just fantasy? I fell so hard in love with this drama <3

This drama was just pure perfection all around. I can definitely see why this drama has been winning all of the awards of late and why it's become one of this year's popular-hit dramas. I don't want to give too much away but the story, ost, characters, and actors/actresses were superb. I have never fan-girled so frequently or have ever become so giddy like I did when I was watching this drama. After I started watching the lst episode I immediately became hooked.

Verdict

If you're in the neighborhood and need a k-drama to watch then look no further if you haven't watched this drama yet I highly recommend that you do. I'm sure you won't regret it except for the after-effects(k-drama withdrawal syndrome) once you finish the drama could become quite deadly... 

Score: A well deserved 10

Legend of Korra: Peacekeepers

So far, season 2 of the Legend of Korra to be honest has not been all that great. I really dislike how the writer's have written Korra's character this season it just really irritates me. The one great thing about this episode was the Makorra break-up of course it probably won't last for too long, but I don't care I was ecstatic when it happened. I really hope that this season will get better once we get into the spirit world arc of it because all of this political/diplomatic turmoil is definitely not Korra's strong suit or the least bit interesting to say the least. But at least we got to see General Iroh even though the animation on him looked weird. O_O