new anime to watch!

heh...

finally finished Stellvia of the Universe. i must admit, this is the first time since i watched Chrno Crusade that i've bought an anime that's worth watching. gawd... eventhough there have been mixed reactions and criticisms from the audience when this anime came out, there is only one thing i could say.

stellvia is simply a grade-A anime. personally, at least.

it isn't as spectacular as other space-based series like Gundam, or thoroughly researched as in Evangelion, but the way it treats its characters and their relationships with each other is top-notch, they come out as alive as any person you'll meet in a school. stellvia is primarily the story of a student, Katase Shima and her circle of friends, who start out as mediocre students in Stellvia's space piloting academy (especially Shima, who was exceptionally good at programming but really sucks at piloting). it was like the existence of the Foundations--six orbiting Homeworld-Mothership-style space vessels of which Stellvia is the second--to halt the Second Wave that will destroy the Earth is secondary compared to the anime's treatment of the characters. and i love it, though it becomes emotional in some parts.

the mechanical designs are cool too, excepting the mechas (Infinity and Halcyon), who look like robots made from Lego. eheheheh... their spacecraft, the Keittys and Biancas, remind me of interceptors from Homeworld and the Dreads from Vandread. yup, complete with the gravitic thruster trails...

and the Foundations themselves look like Homeworld 2's Hiigaran Motherships. i hope this isn't some H2 rip-off, since i love this series much.

oh well. got two new anime to watch. i lent my stellvia series to Yokai in exchange for two: Love Hina and Onegai Teacher. pretty ecchi, if you ask me... and, oh, the last remaining CDs for my incomplete set of Full Metal Alchemist. i've contacted Aoi and Chan so they could burn me their six episodes of Gundam Seed Destiny. can't wait to see Blade Impulse in action!!!

anyway, that's about it guys. i wasn't able to play Initial D Ver. 3 at the arcade. so many freakin' people were playing straight from 12-4pm. damn...!

/sob

maybe i should watch Love Hina now. Yuki out.

haaa.... work's done...!

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i can't believe it. finally, my PC is running smoothly... heh heh heh (*smirks*...)

i downloaded a program called Advanced System Optimizer, or ASO for short. umm... well, i don't like calling it as 'ASO' since 'aso' is the Filipino word for a dog. yeah, dog. a canine, 'inu' in japanese. OMG, that proggy's sure nice and nifty, pity i don't have a serial of it. i've searched for a crack on this program, but heck, they redirect me to keygen and crack/serial sites, and as far as i know, those sites are filled to the brim with spywares and viruses.

seriously.

damn, i had no option but to reinstall Norton 2004. i borrowed it from a friend, Aoi... right about... etou... last year??! (heh heh heh) anyway, he's bugging me to return it these past few days. i was kinda thinking he'd let it rot with me forever... oh, that means he does remember some things aside from Ragnarok Online.

sou ka! so he is still human! i thought his soul was sucked right into his PC and his body is a hollow shell. oh heck, what am i saying...

well, my 256MB DDRAM is working fine (i had frequent crashes back before), and it's a nice change. i couldn't play RO worth a damn with my video card acting all up and s#!+. heh heh... if you know what i mean... but damn! my internet connection is still soooo slow. as in sluggish-slow.

currently, i'm still beating the hell out of Ragnarok Battle Online. hey guys, you know it? it's Gravity Interactive LLC's follow-up to one of the greatest MMORPGs out there, Ragnarok Online. greatest...?

umm... maybe i'm just biased. i just love the game. ^^

well, i'm playing the demo version... 67.6 MB... heheh... 4-6 hours' worth of DL time on most dial-ups. the game involves a mission-based fighting game where you control a character and hack your way through areas literally jampacked with enemies. heh heh... the demo version includes Stage 6, which is Orc Village. i dunno why Goblins and Porings were included there, when in RO only PoPorings and Yoyos are the monsters in Orc Village aside from the usual, run-of-the-mill Orcs.

oh, the Horn too. gomen...

can you believe it? there's only a single Orc Lady there, and heck... it's a mini-boss!

the stage boss is Orc Hero and his usual mob of High Orcs. a cakewalk, if you ask me. i managed to finish it in 9'08", a pretty good time by my standard considering i use a Swordsman. the best time for my Magician is currently 9'30". i cheated... ^^ i used agility as a prime stat for my Swordie. in Ragnarok Battle Online, agility translates to the ability to chain numerous combos and mobility.

and the Magician flies! goddammit! wahahahahah!!! he has kinda like an air-dash function reminiscent of the Guilty Gear series.

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oh, i may have to continue the following ficcies: Twilight Sonata, Sword-Dance Concerto, Second Eden, and my line of RO short stories, Dark Symphony. i just don't have the energy...

i dunno why. depressed? nah.

currently watching Stellvia of the Universe. my friend from Singapore, Fei Yuki, first introduced me to the anime. the CG is good, as well as the art and the animation. the sound... hmm... it's okay, but just okay. the opening and ending themes are a bit above average. Stellvia is a space-based high-tech anime set in 2356-2357 AD. heheheh... the space battles constantly remind me of the game Homeworld 2.

so there. *yawns* maybe i need some sleep.

hey, that's mine...! *shouts at younger brother*

heh heh... Yuki out.

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nyahahahah...

wow...

first time to post...

hmm... lemme see... etou... here... and here...

*fiddles with settings*

that should do it...

hehehe... next time i won't be so reserved.

/gg