Hayate no Gotoku

Hayate the Combat Butler (ハヤテのごとく, Hayate no Gotoku) is a Japanese manga series by manga author Kenjiro Hata about a boy who starts a new job as a butler and the events he experiences with his employer. The manga is currently on its eleventh volume in Japan. The English edition of the series has been licensed by Viz Media for distribution in North America. The style of the manga has a comedic gag with a slightly harem feel which constantly breaks the fourth wall. The series includes references to other anime, manga, and other things popular culture. An anime adaptation of the manga started airing on April 1, 2007 on TV Tokyo.

wiki-chan of course

One of the best April series (aside from Lucky Star, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and Seto no Hayanome), it's amazingly hilarious, full of parodies. Currently the anime has reach episode 13, where it's scheduled to have 50+ episodes (omg, that much...?). As for the manga, it's still ongoing, currently at vol 11, while I've just finished reading until vol 2.

Basically the story can be summarize as this: An unfortunate high school student, Ayasaka Hayate spends his days working at part-time jobs to support his extravagant parents. After incurring a debt of 150 million yen, they disappear, and Hayate was left holding the bag. Whilst running away from the debt collectors, he tries to kidnap a girl for ransom. However, the girl misunderstands his intentions and thinks he is confessing his love to her. Almost immediately, he botches the kidnap attempt but then manages to save her from other kidnappers, causing her to fall in love with him. The girl, Sanzenin Nagi, is actually the daughter of a millionaire family. In recognition of his services, she hires Hayate as a resident butler and even pays off the debt collectors. This is how Hayate becomes a combat butler. In order to serve and protect his mistress, Hayate’s life-or-death butler life begins.

Put the story aside, this series is freakin hilarious, worth to enjoy for comedy/parody theme enthusiast. Among them parodies includes Haruhi, Dragon Ball, Inuyasha, Fist of North Star, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Hetsumen to Heiki Mina, Gundam, Sadako, Kayako, Jason&Freddy and so much more. Not to mention, lolis and maids :33
Right now I'm enjoying the manga, while waiting for episode 14 to be released. The content of the anime is very similar to that on manga, except with some irregular arrangement of events. But basically there's no significant change in term of story. And, Hinagiku appear pretty late in the manga (even after vol 2, she still hasn't make her appearance)

The OP, "Hayate no Gotoku" by KOTOKO

Hayate no Gotoku Promo (unfortunately, not english subs)

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finally, my semester 1 final exam, Bachelor of Science(Biotech) is over yesterday, with Biotech paper being the last paper. Biotech paper...at a glance when I first look at past year paper, I was like "OMG if this is what the question is like, I'm going to phail this paper!" Yes, in my first attempt to answer 2005 exam paper, I only manage to do 3 to 4 questions out of 16-17 questions. I was utterly clueless on most question, particularly the IP/Patent and Microbial section. But then I started to revise the lecture notes bit by bit, and realize that it's not that hard actually...

And when then the exam starts...what the heck, they just recycle past year paper. 60% of the question in this paper had already appeared in past year exam, and some questions are even recycled directly without a slightest alteration...lol, no fun answering the paper then.

So now that my exam has finished, I can continue doing some works. Right after coming back yesterday, I starts off with WP poll and General Circular#2 draft, then I need to start making the dojin for WP fanzine. Then all those newly downloaded series....
And tonight I'm all alone at home in Collinswood... Pocek n Paku are going to Melbourne tomorrow, so they're staying at Adelaide Tower so that it'll be easier for them tomorrow to take the bus. Sirul also stay at Tower tonight. As for now, I'll marathon some more anime tonight...Hayate no Gotoku!!

ave;new feat. Saori Sakura

artist: ave;new feat Saori Sakura
album : -
year : -
label: -

Tracklist:

• A song for you
• Amulet -original sweet-
• Baby baby
• Baby baby -Electric Lovers-
• *Close your eyes
• Dearness -suite edit-
• Dearness (full version)
• *Eternal Wish
• *Eternal Wish -fairytale-
• Honey -virtu mix-
• HONEY(フルバージョン)
• Just Be With You -Full Version-《音割れあり》
• Just be with you -renovate edit-
• kiss my lips
• kiss my lips -2006 summer version-
• Longing
• Longing (back to you)
• *memorize -pure-
• *Memorize(fullsize)
• period
• period -winter story-
• Primula Juliae - プリムラ・ジュリアン -
• Remembrance
• *snow again
• *snow again -heavenly-
• snow of love
• snow of love -HARD dRESS STYLE-
• snow of love -inlay mix-
• *true my heart -premium-
• *true my heart -prism-
• *true my heart(full version)
• Vanille Rouge -ヴァニーユ・ルージュ-
• 祭りだDA! あべにゅう!!!
• (あべにゅうぷろじぇくと feat.あべにゅうぷろじぇくと)ラブリー☆えんじぇる!!
• (シュガらぶ)きまぐれ☆シュガー!!
• (シュガらぶ)きまぐれ☆シュガー!! (どれちゅ付き)
• (佐倉紗織)きまぐれ☆シュガー!! (みゆレスバージョン)

*favorite


direct download [here]

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A sure pwned voice! I first know Saori Sakura when I search for Nursery Rhyme OP True My Heart, and then thanks to snowdreamer of gforum, I was introduced to more songs from her. This album (not really, more like a compilation) basically contain all songs by Sakura Saori from her debut till her mini-album [A LA MODE]. omg, her voice~
Really? Really! (this has nothing to do with Shuffle!)

...i'm too tired to translate all those kanji...will do later.

desktop ver. II

This time I change just a little, to black-themed

Theme: Zune
Wallpaper: Tony Taka: Ridley Radiata Stories
Sidebar: ANDROMEDA 11 by MIKE B1954
Media Player: Foobar 2000 AvA by dawxxx666nextgen


....and now preparing for Biotech paper on Wednesday, the final paper of semester 1 final exam...

Fate/Stay Night [Realta Nua] Original Soundtrack

album : Fate/Stay Night Realta Nua Original Soundtrack
year : April 2007
composition: Haga Keita
label: TYPE-MOON/Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co. LTD
genre: Game Soundtrack

Tracklist:

DISC 1
01. Ougon no Kagayaki (short ver.) [perform by MAKI]
02. Fukaki Nemuri
03. Uraka na Shirabe
04. Troublemakers
05. Kokoro no Chime
06. Tiger Doujou no Theme
07. Diver ~ Diver 2
08. Taiji
09. Burst Up
10. Kongen no Ryuu
11. Yomigaeru Shinwa
12. Sonic Barrage
13. Ma Koku
14. Shinshoku ~ Shinshoku 2
15. Kami no Na no Motoni
16. Mighty Wind
17. Yakusokusareta Shouri no Tsurugi (Black Saber mix)
18. Futari no Ou
19. Saigo no Chikara
20. Sorrow
21. Blue Sky
22. Utsuri Yuku Kisetsu (Realta Nua ver.)
23. Yume no Owari [Kenji Kawai]
24. Link (short ver.) [rhu]


DISC 2
01. into the night
02. Hizashi no Naka de
03. Odayaka na Mainichi
04. Yasashii Fuukei
05. Akane iro no Machi
06. Egao ni Kakomarete
07. Futari no Jikan
08. Unmei no Uzu
09. Mayonaka no Hazama
10. Akumu
11. Gekitotsu Suru Tamashii
12. Toppakou
13. THIS ILLUSION (Inst.)
14. Yakusokusareta Shouri no Tsurugi
15. Kie nai Omoi
16. Houkou Ukage
17. Shippuu no Kenshi
18. Tsuioku no Kanata
19. Hametsu no Ashioto
20. Ougon no Ou
21. Hikari to Yami
22. Konoyo Subete no Aku
23. Emiya
24. THIS ILLUSION (piano ver.)
25. Arata na Yoake

DISC 3
01. extra
02. Unmei no Uzu 2
03. Shizuka Naru Koe


torrent here

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Actually this torrent consist of 3 Fate/Stay Night OST: Fate/Stay Night A.OST, LA SOLA Fate stay night A.OST OUT TRACKS, and this one Fate/Stay Night Realta Nua OST. FSN Realta Nua is an all-ages games released for PS2 last April 2007, and features the seiyū from the anime series. Darn, if only I could bring my PS2, I would have already order the game....
The OP video is not bad either, featured a song by Maki, Ougon no Kagayaki.

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Last Wednesday, I took my 2nd paper of final exam, Chemical Engineering: Introducing to Bio-Processing (I keep mistook this subject as Process System) while yesterday was my Chemistry paper. Finally, 3 subjects are over, now what's left is biotech paper on 27th June. For the time being, since I have about 5 days before the paper, I guess I'll laid back a bit before starts revising :33

To tell the truth, the exam schedule kills me. Process system paper starts off at 2pm and end at 4pm, while Chemistry paper on the next day starts at 9.30 am. So that means I can only have one whole night to skim through past year paper...

Process System paper is killer, the paper have 8 questions and we need to answer only 7 of them, but it was a very hard paper. To be precise, I don't have enough time to answer all 7 questions, thus I doubt I could get high distinction, maybe not even distinction. Darn, I was pawned by this paper...Especially Energy/Heat section (question 7 and 8), the least part that I study.
The next day is Chemistry paper, a 3 hours paper. Since I spent the whole night revising (as well as watching Lucky Star 11 lol) and only had about 3 hours of sleep, my head hurts real bad during the exam. Luckily the paper isn't that hard, I still manage to answer all question. At least I can target higher this time...

Ok, what's done is done, I must focus on scoring Biotech paper next week.

anyway, current watch: Lucky Star 11. It was released right in the morning when I'm about to have my Chemistry paper. Though I promised myself not to watch anything these 2 days, I still can't resist Lucky Star, thus end up downloading and watching the episode, huhu. This is another episode with more slice of life and various parodies, though I don't get some of them.
This time the ED song is...well, it's Doraemon OP, sang by both Tsukasa and Miyuki. lol it do bring back memories...

Genshiken

Genshiken (げんしけん, Genshiken?) is a manga series by Kio Shimoku about a college club for otaku (extremely devoted fans of various media) and the lifestyle its members pursue. The series has also been adapted into an anime directed by Tsutomu Mizushima. The manga originally ran in Kodansha's monthly manga anthology Afternoon from June 2002 to June 2006, and has been reprinted in nine bound volumes. The ninth and final volume, which was also available in a limited edition with an audio drama featuring the original voice actors from the TV show, was released in Japan on December 2006.

wiki-chan referencing

Ok, this is a comedy series which basically is about Genshiken (society for the study of modern visual culture) club in University of Shiiou which activities centered on anime and games, but in particular, it's about attends conventions/comicket, going to Akibahara, shopping for dojin, cosplay and much more. Oh not to forget, their favorite series discussion, Kujibiki Unbalance.

Story plot: "Sasahara Kanji is a college freshman who decides to join a student society to share his hidden thoughts on manga, anime and gaming.
When he first visited Genshiken, his groundless pride was destroyed by the plotting of Madarame, a sophomore student in Genshiken, but he still couldn't admit that he is an otaku.
However, as he participates in society activities such as visiting dojin (private publishing) shops and anime festivals, and hangs out with other society members Kosaka (a hardcore otaku despite his extreme eccentricities and good looks), Kosaka’s girlfriend Kasuga Saki (who isn’t really an otaku), Ohno (a cosplayer) and the others, he opens his mind and resolves that he will make his way into the otaku world. With their help, Sasahara slowly adjusts to otaku life in Genshiken. "

I starts of the series by reading the manga, which at that moment reach vol 6. Then I search for the anime and found it. Not much difference than the manga though, only that it end way early than the manga (just after Sasahara become Genshiken president). The anime have 12 episode, continued with the OVA (currently 3 episode have been released), and still continue, maybe until ep24, or maybe even further.
Vol 7 and 8 of the manga has been released a few month ago, with the story has become more interesting, particularly the relationship between Sasahara and Ogiue...And the manga still ongoing till today.


more infos about this series can be found here

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Today I took my first paper of final exam: Biology. Yesterday (today actually) I went to sleep at 6 am and woke up at around 10, then prepare a bit for my exam, and go straight to the battlefield, Wayville Showground. I've never went to that place so I didn't know where does the place situated. Luckily the seniors from Broadview are able to take me to that place, along with some others who took the exam today.

My first impression toward the surrounding (Wayville) is..."lol, a fun fair??:333" yeah it's been surrounded by some fun-fair gadgets and most importantly, the exam hall reminds me of Comiket (Comic Market). It really have the air of comicket; the size, floor, atmosphere, just that this time it's full of tables and chairs, haha. Well, it's indeed a market after all. The exam starts at 2pm, and finish at 5pm. Hm...what can I say about the exam paper? Not that hard, but not easy either. I was bored for 1 hours (finish answering all question lol), and almost fell asleep. Doing past years paper really helps me a lot in answering the questions, even though in certain parts there are still questions which lead to uncertainty...

Now I feel a bit listless due to the lack of sleep...I might call it day real soon...Next: Process System and Chemistry on Wednesday and Thursday respectively.

Anyway, current watch: Genshiken ep15. Yay, at last the 3rd episode of the OVA has been released, with this episode being one of my favorite so far. Why not, Ogiue is there, cosplaying as Renko, while KOS-MOS and the Vice-Prez also featured this time. Ogiue is indeed one of the best example of "modern" tsundere character, hahaha

Nageki no Mori

Title: Nageki no Mori/Forest of Grief/嘆きノ森
By: Ayane
From: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri OP


Romaji

Fukai nageki no mori higurashi no naku…

Sono hi wa totemo hareta hi de tsumetai kaze suikonda
Toki ga biryou, isshun dake hari o tometa

one-way, that cannot return twice.
A lost child looks for a bright place.

Kawari yuku mono to sore o nozomu mono
Tooryanse oide ya

Dareka ga naita sono koe wa doko? Sotto sotto, nozoite mite goran yo
Oyasumi yoi ko wa nemure okite iru ko wa tete o otosu zo
Aoi tsukikage, ichiboku no? Kono michi de komoriuta o kiitara
Matsuri ga hajimari hi wa mata kiete yuku fukai nageki no mori higurashi no naku…

Yasashii mono o osoretari sore ga himei o agetari
Kami o kiriotoshitakute hitomi tojita

one-way, that cannot return twice.
A lost child looks for a bright place.

Akaku somaru me wa dare no na o sakebu no?
Tooryanse tanoshi ya

Yashiro ni utsusu okizari no kage kitto kitto, ano ko wa mou inai yo
Hi mo iriai oni no men osanai emi de hane o mogaita
Awase kagami ni utsuru sugata ni kao ga nai to, kao ga nai to, naitara
Matsuri ga hajimari hi wa mata kiete yuku fukai nageki no mori higurashi no naku…

Dareka ga naita sono koe wa doko? Sotto sotto, nozoite mite goran yo
Oyasumi yoi ko wa nemure okite iru ko wa tete o otosu zo
Aoi tsukikage, ichiboku no? Kono michi de komoriuta o kiitara
Matsuri ga hajimari hi wa mata kiete yuku fukai nageki no mori higurashi no naku…

English Translation

In the deep forest of grief, the cicadas cry…

That day was a very sunny day, but I breathed in a cold wind
Time, in just a tiny instant, stopped its needle

one-way, that cannot return twice.
A lost child looks for a bright place.

People who change and people who desire so
Let them pass, and you come here

Someone cried; where is that sound? Please try peeking quietly, quietly
Good night, good children sleep and the awake children project hands
Is the pale moonlight from one tree? If you hear a lullaby on this path
Then the festival will start and the flames will vanish again; in the deep forest of grief, the cicadas cry…

Fearing those who are kind, and them giving screams
I wanted to cut away my hair and I closed my eyes

one-way, that cannot return twice.
A lost child looks for a bright place.

Whose name does your eyes that dye red call for?
Let him pass; it’ll be fun

The abandoned shadow casted on the shrine; surely, surely, that child doesn’t exist anymore
The day also has a sunset face of a demon, and with a childish smile, I wriggled my wings
If you cry about not having a face, not having a face on your figure reflected in the opposing mirror
Then the festival will start and the flames will vanish again; in the deep forest of grief, the cicadas cry…

Someone cried; where is that sound? Please try peeking quietly, quietly
Good night, good children sleep and the awake children project hands
Is the pale moonlight from one tree? If you hear a lullaby on this path
Then the festival will start and the flames will vanish again; in the deep forest of grief, the cicadas cry…

Kanji

深い嘆きノ森　ひぐらしのなく…

その日はとても晴れた日で　冷たい風吸い込んだ
時が微量、一瞬だけ　針を止めた

one-way, that cannot return twice.
A lost child looks for a bright place.

変わりゆく者と　それを望む者
とおりゃんせ　おいでや

誰かがないた　その声はドコ？　そっとそっと、のぞいて見てごらんよ
おやすみ良い子ハ眠レ　起きている子ハ　手々を落とすぞ
碧い月影、いち木ノ？　此ノ路でデ　子守歌を聞いたら
祭が始まり　炎はまた消えてゆく　深い嘆きノ森　ひぐらしのなく…

優しいモノを恐れたり　それが悲鳴をあげたり
髪を切り落としたくて　瞳閉じた

one-way, that cannot return twice.
A lost child looks for a bright place.

紅く染まる目は　誰の名を叫ぶの？
とおりゃんせ　楽しや

ヤシロに映ス　置き去りの影　きっときっと、あの子はもう居ないよ
日も入り遭い鬼ノ面　幼い笑みで　羽をもがいた
合わせ鏡に映る姿に　顔が無いと、顔が無いと、泣いたら
祭が始まり　炎はまた消えてゆく　深い嘆きノ森　ひぐらしのなく…

誰かがないた　その声はドコ？　そっとそっと、のぞいて見てごらんよ
おやすみ良い子ハ眠レ　起きている子ハ　手々を落とすぞ
碧い月影、いち木ノ？　此ノ路でデ　子守歌を聞いたら
祭が始まり　炎はまた消えてゆく　深い嘆きノ森　ひぐらしのなく…

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My current addiction. From one of my favorite jpop singer Ayane, this song is featured in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri for PS2, adapted from the anime (gore and violence theme).
Also featured in her latest album "Archive Lovers"

Three paragraphs+1

Only 3 days left before my final exam. First paper is Bio this Saturday at 1pm. Luckily it's not a morning paper, or else I will be forced to go to bed early. Preparation? I've done "a little", including revising the lecture notes and tutorials. What left is working on past year exam. Frankly speaking, I think biotech student have the longest duration of exam. We start early (16th June) and finish our exam late (27th June). Well, at least that gives me more times to prepare...

Today we go to CM to buy groceries. We must go, or else we won't have anything to eat for dinner (no rice, no meat, not even instant noodles). Luckily Bro Aie was there to bring us with his car, so we can make a massive shopping this time. Going to Thuang Fat groceries, then to Coles. Unfortunately, the meat shop already closed (even though it's still 4.30 pm) so we go to another Butcher shop at Hindmarsh. Finally we went to Paradise for dinner.

Going home, I decide to do Chemistry online tutorials. My first thought is, since I've read little about the 2nd part of Chem, I might have difficulties doing the quiz. But I still proceed on doing the quizzes, starting with the Practice. Wowza, it was darn easy. Same goes with the quizzes part, I don't even need to break a sweat to finish them. I wish the exam paper to be just like this, even though obviously it wont :333

Well enough ranting, need to continue studying. Next: Process System.

Stigma

band / artist : Yousei Teikoku,
album : Stigma
year : Nov 12 2005
genre/styles :gothic

Tracklist:
1.Fee
2.Stigma
3.鳥籠 (Torikago, 鳥籠)
4.春へ (Haru e, 春へ)
5.月下狂想 (Gekka Kyousou, 月下狂想)
6.Deep Sea
7.沈黙の繭 (Chinmoku no Mayu, 沈黙の繭)
8.Pray in the Darkness
9.Garden


direct download here

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Finally, another Yousei Teikoku album. This is their third album that I possessed (first being the PS2 Mai Hime OST, 2nd is GLP). Irony, this album is the earliest among those 3 to be released (2005). I was lucky that there's still people who are willing to seed this album.

Hyper Moe Trance

band / artist : Ayane,
album : Hyper Moe Trance
year : May 25 2007
label: Pioneer LDC
genre/styles :J-pop

Track List:
01 Tsuki to Yozora to Houkiboshi (Trance Ver.)
02 ORANGE (Trance Ver.)
03 To the Moon (Trance Ver.)
04 Private place (Trance Ver.)
05 complex image (Trance Ver.)
06 Fractal Tree (Trance Ver.)
07 Film Makers (Trance Ver.)
08 Acacia no Ki no Shita de (Trance Ver.)
09 Nageki no Mori (Trance Ver.)
10 Romancing Story (Trance Ver.)
11 Majokko Megu-chan (Trance Ver.)


torrent here

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as previewed in the previous post, I got this album together her Archive Lovers album. Basically all songs in this album are the Trance version of her popular songs, including my favorite song Private Place. I don't favor trance that much though...

Archive Lovers

band / artist : Ayane,
album : Archive Lovers
year : April 25 2007
label: Pioneer LDC
genre/styles :J-pop

Track List:

*01. ORANGE
*02. Private Place
03. Acacia no Ki no Shita de アカシアの木の下で
04. After Rain
05. ARCHIVE LOVERS
06. そよ風のシルエ
07. Film Makers
08. Complex Image コンプレックス・イマージュ
09. To the Moon
*10. 龍刻の彼方へ (Ryukoku no Kanata e)
*11. Nageki no Mori
12. カカシ(Orchestra version)
13. Romancing Story ロマンシングストーリー

direct download here |mirror|

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Today I got my hands on 2 Ayane album: Archive Lovers and Hyper Moe Trance. I'm not a fan of Ayane to begin with, I don't even have much idea who Ayane is. You see, her info is very hard to be found on internet (maybe because of her name). What makes me so interested in this 2 album is because of one song: Private Place. This song has stuck in my head for quite some time, after I listened to this song in Valkyrie Profile AMV Code_Valkyrie.

Overall, this album is still entertaining. Now searching for the lyric.....

oh, don't ask me for the song title translation. I did trying to do some translation, but some end up being too weird.

Interval of Freezed Time

hm...just a bit of scrawling, this week is the beginning of my study leave before the final exam coming on 16th June. So far I haven't revise much except for Process System and Bio. Just when I'm about to start revising for Chemistry, I realize that there's another online quiz for Bio, which count for 5% for total marks for Bio. Wow, I have no idea that we have such quiz...btw, I just finish doing the quiz, not that hard actually except for the celvin cycle/electron transport chain/photosystem which I utterly clueless (this is the only part that I never read, huhuhu)

Then today, I got another shocking news. My friends back then at MJSC Serting, Farid Kamarudin@Kechik had passed away last Thursday because of accident. I have little detail about it, but it truly surprised me. He's also at the same school with me at MJSC Terendak .
May God bless his soul, may he rest in peace.

Hinokakera

Hinokakera~ The Fragments of Innocent Sinners is a fighting dojin by Reddish Region, a game which even if you google for it, you will barely find anything about this. Even Wikipedia lacks infos about this game. Hinokakera is probably one of the most famous dojin fighting games around, even with the lack of sources. Featuring great 3D graphics, as well as awesome characters. There are a ton of moves to pull off, as well as a training mode to perfect these moves. The stages are beautifully created too.

Well, what can I say more ? Simply one of the best fighting games.

some of the awesome battle scenes


all characters ultimate attacks/overdrive

The guide, though not official can be obtained here

Kujibiki Unbalance Original Soundtrack

album : Kujibiki Unbalanced Original Soundtracks
year : Dec 6 2006
composition: Tomoki Hasegawa


Tracklist:

1. Unbalance Sky
2. Joy to the School
3. Komorebiyori
4. This morning
5. Chiisana Tokeitou
6. Tsuugaku Roll
7. Kaze no Madobe
8. Pizzicato
9. Sansaro
10. Eyecatch
11. Yattekuru
12. Mission Hard
13. Shukumei no Tango
14. Chase!
15. Yasashii Kotoba
16. Seitokai no Theme
17. Secret Agent
18. Yuuyake no Ballad
19. Yurushite Agete
20. Sasayaka na Dai Sakusen
21. Hurry up
22. Mellow Heart
23. Precious Garden
24. Kokoro no Chime
25. Saigo no Yakusoku
26. Egao to Egao
27. Tokeitouyo Saraba
28. LOVE! YES! NO ~ Hateshinai Ai de
29. Kita Hatoba
30. Rikkyouin Gakuen Kouka
31. Ai (TV size)
32. Harmonies* (TV size)

torrent here, or direct download here

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First the OVA (ep 1, 21 and 24), then the TV series (Kujian 2006) and now the OST...

Star Ocean 3 Till The End of Time

Another great PS2 RPG game developed by Tri-Ace, one which is soo addictive.

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (スターオーシャン) is the third main game in the Star Ocean video game series. The game was developed by tri-Ace and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2 console system. It was released in Japan, North America, and the PAL territories. The original Japanese release date was in February of 2003 by Enix, shortly before its merger to become Square Enix. It was re-released in 2004 as a two disc "Director's cut" version, which the North American and European ports are based on. The game takes place four hundred in-universe years after the first two Star Ocean games.

as usual, wiki-chan

I feels like making this review after watching some videos on Youtube. Developed by Tri-Ace, what can you expect then? Great interactive gameplay and massive sidequests.

The story mainly is about the world 4000 years in the future, where humanity scattered all around the universe, living coexisted with the aliens. Fayt Leingod, the main protagonist enjoying a vacation with his family and childhood friend Sophia Esteed on planet Hyda IV when the planet was attacked by unknown army forces which is later conformed to be Vandeeni fleet. Starting from that point, they have undergo various events which dramatically changed their lives and fortune. First, both Fayt and Sophia was separated while escaping, and Fayt got stranded on an somewhat uncivilized planet where he later met another character Cliff Fittir. More events occur after that, which saw them involved in Cliff organisation called Quark, meeting the leader Maria Traydor and Mirage Coast, stuck at planet Elicoor III and met Nel Zelpher, Albel Nox, Roger S Huxley and Adray Lasbird, and eventually learn the truth about their existence.

So what's so special about this game? The gameplay, for once, is unique. 4 modes are available; Earth, Galaxy, Universe and 4D mode. The latter 2 are only accessible my reaching certain percentage of battle trophies. The game features fast-paced, real time battle combat which involve the uses of normal attacks, special skills and magic (heraldry/symblogy). The field exploring style is similar to those in Chrono Cross or Magna Carta (the enemies are visible), and once engaging the enemies, the battle will begin at a battle field where the character can wander around freely. Fury (the gauge under hp and mp) is consumed when running, casting special skills and magic. 3 maximum characters involved in battle, with 1 being controlled by player while the other 2 is controlled by AI, which can be given set amount of orders. Character can attacks using the combination of both strong and weak attacks, long and short range, of which if successfully done, will create a bonus (Cancel Bonus) which grant up to 300% damage bonus.

Another impressive feature is the sidequest. The game offers a never ending sidequests to be accomplished. This including item creation, secret dungeon and bosses, battle arena and most importantly, the Battle Trophies where we're given 300 battle condition to be met (including winning alone, beat certain boss without taking damage etc), where rewards will be given if we accomplish certain percentages of them. Item creation enable us to create various item to be used in battle, and it is what makes the characters very strong, and helps a lot in secret bosses fights. Battle Arena, as the name implies, enable us to play against 2P in real battle, using any of the characters available. Secret Dungeon is what makes this games more challenging after the game ends, where we will be able to get characters ultimate weapon, greater special skills/magic, accomplish more battle trophies and maxed our character level to lvl255. And more importantly, this is where characters from other series makes their cameo, particularly from Valkyrie Profile Lenneth (Lenneth Valkyrie, Freya, Gabriel Celeste and Ethereal Queen). And they're freaking hard to beat, especially on 4D mode.

Oh yeah, not to forget, the OST is nice. 2 of my favorite song: Cutting Edge of Notion and The Divine Spirit of Language. Great work from Sakuraba Motoi.

Simply put, this game is awesome. The only thing that disappoint me is the way the game end, even though there's a variety of ending available (depend on character affection lvl)

some battle sample of this game. [low quality]

more screenshots, artworks and video are available at IGN, gamespot, RPGgamer, youtube etc

Anime of the week: Lucky Star

Lucky ☆ Star らき☆すた
Genres: Comedy, Slice of Life

Tsukasa, Konata, Kagami and Miyuki

Plot Summary: Portrays the lives of several school girls attending a Japanese high school with a very loose humor tone. The main heroine is Konata Izumi, an athletic and intelligent girl who, despite these attributes, is not in a sports club, and her grades remain low. Her laziness at school is due to her love for anime and video games, and is not interested in much else. The serialization began with the four main characters in their first year of high school: Konata Izumi, Kagami Hiiragi, Tsukasa Hiiragi, and Miyuki Takara. As the story progresses, they move onto their second and third year.

Source: ANN

Simply put, it's one of my biggest hit for April series. So far it has reach ep8 out of 24 episodes, and I can say that every episodes are freaking hilarious, especially whenever it comes to Konata (her seiyuu is Hirano Aya btw). The OP is catchy, just like Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu ED Hare Hare Yukai. While the ED consist of various parody of other anime songs (including Dragon Ball, Saiyuuki etc), sang by the character themselves. Definitely not a series I could miss.

the OP, Motteke! Sailor Fuku by Hirano Aya


Some scenes compilation


The ED for episode 1. Every episode has different ending song.