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noodles talked to his former best online friend for the first time in a year or two, and discovered he is still awesome and has his shit together, which is not what I expected, based on my parting image of him

and tonight we did this thing we used to, where we synchronize our media players and watch anime

and he made me torrent all of Kimi ni Todoke so far, which is a shoujo anime just coming out. This did not surprise me; he always was into the most sappy stuff around (he also introduced me to the Sword of Truth series)

watching it with his friend, noodles has found that he can stomach shoujo, and in fact that these simple little scenes of passing notes and stuff can indeed be emotionally intense if you let yourself become a part of it, and sawako is very cute ._.

mostly it makes me realize how much of the silly romantic intrigue I missed in school

and how much I have missed my friend ;-;

Kimi no Todoke isn't bad so far actually.

I have had the strongest desire to watch Howl's Moving Castle lately. I thought my best friend had borrowed it, but he says that the one he borrowed was Spirited Away.

;__; Then who has my Howl?

After hearing you guys talk about it, I decided to download and watch Kimi no Todoke. Both me and my sister are now addicted to it.

SAWAKO IS SO FUGGIN' CUUUUUUTE!!! XD

Yes she is. And here you go


also I saw the first couple episodes of Last Exile with my friend

noodles liked it a lot

Finished:
Tokyo Mew Mew - For a magical girl anime the characters get rather sketchy introductions. I hope they get more depth later on or this is going to be a long series.
A little over halfway through. Despite some episodes focused on particular characters, overall it is still all about Ichigo, and very little about the rest of the Mew Mew group. The main plot advances with sudden twists that aren't properly foreshadowed (so they feel completely random), and the rest of the story is episodic, without any coherence.
Overall it's not really a waste, but definitely not a top magical girl anime either.

Kino's Travels - I think it's.. dreamy. Like watching something that's kinda random, mostly pleasant, but sometimes melancholy or scary, but with a detached feeling, like it's not really happening to you. Hmm, yes, that's about what this anime feels like.
One thing though, the visual style will be very dated in a few years. A 'next-gen' color palette, artificial scanlines, and bloom lighting everywhere.
Kino's Travels -Life Goes On- - See Kino's Travels. A prequel episode showing Kino's training with Master.
Kino's Travels -For You- - See Kino's Travels. Another episode of Kino, this time without the scanlines.

Negima!? - Is this the version that's not so fanservicey/ecchi?
Whoa, character overload o_o It's just like Pani Poni Dash, with Becky replaced by Negi and all the students put in one class. And it's just as great and funny too
Ep. 19 is so adorable! ^_^ If the last few eps. don't mess it up, this anime will be even better than PPD. Yep, we have a winner here.

Kokoro Library - I'd say that this anime is kinda in the middle between Aria and Ichigo Mashimaro. Like Aria, it is a slice-of-life anime without any plot, just cute characters doing stuff at a very relaxed pace. Like Ichigo Mashimaro, it is aimed at a seinen audience with a bit of a fetish for little girls in frilly clothes. It's a pity that it has to be that way, but I suppose that's this genre's version of fanservice
This isn't the greatest slice-of-life anime, but it's worth watching.

Currently watching:
Red Garden - Listed on Friedman's Okazu blog as 'yuri'.
Whoa, shockingly uncute art style. Not precisely ugly, more like realistic in ways that anime usually isn't. And there's a bit of musical too. The first ep. is quite intriguing. A mix of mystery, horror, and a little drama. And it's set in America. I suppose that goes well with the art style

yessss I was hoping you'd like Negima!?

Negima!? was great

YOU WOULD, TOO

Also, this does not matter, but

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMPPrw_hVfM[/youtube]

LOL ENJOY YOUR HOLO AS THE OFFICIAL ROMANIZED NAME

not that it hasn't been official since the light novel and anime (and maybe manga) were first picked up by america

I will probably buy this actually

Meh, not mischievous sounding enough.

Whatever. I buy the DVDs for the Japanese track and just so I can enjoy them on tv in full quality. The dubs are just nice if my non-anime-watching sister decides to try to join in.

I guess haughty was the word I was looking for but I do think she is a little mischievous in that "let's see how I can verbally torture Lawrence today" sorta way.