Good stuff.

Initially, I was going off (in my head) on how this or that was so cliche and blah blah but I realized, I’ve watched so much damn anime that everything is bound to fall into some category. I gotta quit holding grudges against shows simply because it follows some formula. As long as the original parts are done well, I really should chill on the bitchings.

That was a preemptive strike in shutting myself up. If it wasn’t obvious, I probably would’ve went off on some nonsense about blah blah not being original and blah blah.

Anywhoo… the finale was good. Yun’s story was rather trite but the rest of it flowed well. They built up Yun’s fear of school throughout the whole series and spent mere minutes revealing everything. Buuut, this series ain’t about Yun so screw him.

Suigintou’s story was so sad. Ya figure she had something that would get the audience to empathize with her and damn… they picked one that really hit hard. Her “death” scene was tragic. It’s not unusual to pity “bad guys” in an anime but for Suigintou, I genuinely felt for her.

The series could have ended with just this while it easily left things open for a sequel. I gotta lean towards the “they didn’t know if there was gonna be a sequel” assumption. In either case, these twelve episodes flowed extremely well (with the exception of episode 5). After some obligatory character intro episodes, it went right into the main story and made sure to keep it lingering throughout the rest of the episodes. Out of twelve episodes, only one episode was wasted and that’s rather impressive.

None of the characters truly stood out but they were all fun to watch. Now I see why Suiseiseki is so popular. She’s got the full otaku package being moe and tsundere and a maid-desu. And I have to admit that Hinainchigo was cute. That’s saying a lot given that her character-type tends to annoy me. Maybe being a doll helped… or maybe it was Nogawa Sakura. Her voice was cute. Really cute. I’m genuinely amazed at thinking it was cute. And she did Tsubomi in Strawberry Panic. And also Nemu in Da Capo. My memory is hazy but aren’t those three different voices? I gotta double check that sometime.

In the end, I had plenty of fun watching. What it lacked in originality it made up for by making sure anything “cliche” was done well. It gets extra points for having a great flow to the main story.

Overall series score: 8.7 out of 10

The calm before the storm?

Yeah… I don’t really have anything.

I felt like posting before the final story. Umm… now to waste a lil time…

I watched episodes 6 and 7 last night then saw the preview for 8 and noticed it was Souseiseki’s intro. So, I justified watching one more episode before bed and it turned out to be a stinkin’ cliffhanger. Figures.

I did enjoy that story, mostly because it involved Suigintou. This series gives me some mixed reactions so far but one big thing I like is how it hasn’t been episodic. Many half season anime tend to go by the same formula; a few episodes to intro characters then some episodic stories then the finale. This one had it’s share of character intro episodes but ever since episode 3, where Suigintou first appeared, she’s been involved in nearly every episode.

In essence, this entire series has been about Shinku and Suigintou’s “rivalry” along with the Alice game. Episode 5 was pretty much the only completely random one-shot episode (and thank gawd for that, I wouldn’t be able to handle another funky episode like that one).

Anyway, the above couple paragraphs presume this series stands alone. I haven’t done any reading about Rozen Maiden and its sequels so maybe this series was made with a sequel already in mind and thus, it had a different flow to it than if it was intended to stand alone (with the possibly of a sequel). Get it? Good, cuz I don’t.

Enough babble, I simply need 40 minutes to answer that question.

Though, at this rate, Yun’s dealie with not wanting to go to school won’t be answered in the next two episodes. So maybe a sequel was intended from the start… hmm…

And about the finale, of course it’s Shinku vs Suigintou. And of course Shinku doesn’t say anything and goes off on her own. And of course someone notices Shinku acting strangely. And of course Yun somehow manages to save Shinku… wait, that hasn’t happened yet. YET… heh… I kid. Maybe it’ll be different! I look forward to a surprise!

Seriously, shut up (me) and go watch.

It only took me a week to watch these four episodes. Too many distractions.

With the exception of episode 5, this series maintains a sullen tone yet has such vibrant colors. There’s many foreboding mysteries in the background that constantly give off a depressing feel to the show and it clashes with all the purdy colors. Basically, it screws around with my mood.

So, episodes 2-4 each introduced a new character. A crybaby loli that likes sweets, a mysterious bad ass chick wearing all black with a maniacal laugh, and an innocent yet mischievous sorta maid-desu. Original characters to the max! Haha but it’s fine. They all have some uncommon quirks that keep things interesting.

Now episode 5… umm… wtf? Yeah, I laughed more during this episode than previous one’s but man, those extreme faces were really… extreme. I couldn’t tell if it was on purpose or if it was a cheap way of cutting back animation costs. Seriously, they stood out way too damn much. Prior to this, there was the occasional scene with a funky lookin’ facial contortion but this episode was all about that.

Anyway, what’s up with the mysteries dammit. Why’s Jun so scurred of school? What is the Alice game? What’s Suiseiseki’s story? Those are in the order of my curiousness.

Ah hahaha… so, like, if all the dolls end up liking Jun, this would be a harem anime, right? But, like, they’re all dolls. Hahaha… makes me laugh for some reason.

That’s all I got-desu.

Why?

This is what happens when I’m not in the mood for anything “current” and I browse through my “unfinished” anime folder. And yes, it has quite the many series’ in there.

Of course, I never get back to that folder until waaaaaay later and end up restarting the series just as I’m doing with this one. Doing that is about the only consistent thing for me regarding anime.

So why this one specifically?

Dunno.

But I’ll keep watching (at least for tonight, heh).

This first episode was vastly different than I remember. Then again, I don’t remember much so I have no clue as to why it feels different. Vastly different, for that matter. I think… I just like that word: vastly. Vastly. Vastly. It’s startin’ to look funny now.

Vastly funny.

What was I rambling about?

Oh yeah, this episode was cool. The tone was real mellow and sorta foreboding. This was probably one of those shows I really did want to get back to but given the anime overload during the time of this series, it became another show lost in the shuffle. Though, knowing me, I most likely watched and finished crappy ass shows over (potentially) good one’s like this.

And I bet several of them were bishoujo game based.

No doubt.

Shinku is a bitch. She’s also cute. She’s a cute bitch.

A world class cute bitch… analyzing that herts mi brein. I should stop.

Whew… blah blah I may blog this blah blah or not blah blah too much babblage.

Yes, that’s also a word.