When the option of running — in a fight of flight situation — is over, what do you do? Freeze up in the moment or prepare for battle. Depending on what you choose, can be a life altering situation, and with those kind of stakes, actions speak louder than words.

The most recent instance of this kind of scenario is Shingeki no Kyojin, with the back story of Ackerman Mikasa in episode six. Because of said back story, we now know why Mikasa is so protective of Eren — beside him being her only family left — Eren gave her something to fight and live for; she now had a reason to become stronger, and actually achieve it in the present — quite evident with how kick ass she is now.

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Another week of Anime Suggestion Sunday is here, and this week we are looking at Hyakko. If you missed last weeks, it is located here.

As a freshman in high school and it being a new school, Nonomura Ayumi and Iizuka Tatsuki, ended up getting lost in the massive grounds that is made up of Elementary, Middle, and High School — Kamizono Academy. In an attempt to look for the way to class, the meet an eccentric blond — named Kageyama Torako — that jumps out one of the schools buildings, as a shortcut to her class. With Torako’s forceful nature, them and her right-hand lady, Saotome Suzume, become friends and work through many troubles that happen during their school life.

For a slice-of-life, that is mostly episodic, I found the fact that they spent time to craft each character inside of Hyakko, plus in a quite comical way, it felt way more meaningful of an anime — compared to others in the same genre. Hyakko even has an plot — showing up towards the end of the series — that ties all the characters that, Torako brought together, into this cohesive story that make the anime feel less episodic. Hyakko is at heart a very light hearted slice-of-life comedy, that has a lot of character; if you enjoy these styled anime, with a sprinkle of somewhat serious plot, Hyakko is something you want to watch.

It is quite funny how much my view of Date A Live has changed since my first impressions of it; Date A Live had it’s slow beginnings, making me very skeptical of the enjoyment I would take from this series. However, when we were introduced to the idea of wooing rogue sprites to keep them from causing anymore damage done to a city or even people — kind of like the anime, The World God Only Knows — that is was what pretty much sold this series for me.

Now, as of episode 7, we are introduced to the first truly evil spirit — since both Tohka and Yoshino were more or less misunderstood — Kurumi; who I like to call “man eater”, simple because that is what the episode is alluding to during most of her screen time. An example being, the licking of her lips and the blood of her victims in the alleyway.

As far as we know, Kurumi feed on male humans — probably for energy, but maybe just for pleasure — and she has this golden clock eye that is most likely tied to why she has to eat men; and this is why I find her the more interesting of characters being brought in, after the other two sprites — one being the cheerful childish one, Tohka, and the other being a shy, overly sensitive one with a split personality, Yoshino.

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Just to complement the Anime Suggestion Sunday this week, I have to write about the ending of Phantom, because it had enough in there to get me thinking about it. There will be spoilers and if anything, this is a stream of consciousness, as I attempt to make it coherent.

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Another week of Anime Suggestion Sunday is upon us, and this week we are look at Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom. If you missed last weeks, it is located here.

Kill or be killed, it is the main motivation for someone that woke up in an unfamiliar place and no memories, all he has to go by is his base instincts. Zwei is the name he was given, and his job is to train to be an assassin for an American organization, called Inferno. With Ein, his partner and best assassin in the organization, he quickly becomes a tool for killing, as both are ghosts with no place to go — phantoms.

Phantom really focuses on making believable characters, who are operating inside of a dark, cruel world. It is one of those anime that can make a character both a badass and really sad — for how they live there life of killing — while making it not feel like it is dumbed down, to appeal to a wider audience. This one is for people that like a lot of action and blood, as well as ones that want some drama and an anime with a focus on character development.

As of late I’ve been focusing a lot on Aku no Hana, and never gave any love to Shingeki no Kyojin — Attack on Titan — this season.

Attack on Titan has picked up its pace, after the four episodes of setup, to get to a place where Eren, Armin, and Mikasa are defending and fighting against the titans. At this point I can say I don’t care too much about Eren, as character; which is why I wasn’t as surprised as most people, when he was assumed to be dead when he was eaten by old man titan right at the end of episode 5.

However, I don’t really think he is dead, since that would be a bit weird to have someone, that was presented as the main character — or at least one of the three main characters — to end up dead so soon in the series. If he is indeed dead, I would personally be more interested in seeing how Mikasa reacts to the news of Eren’s demise.

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It isn’t too hard to figure out that a lot of people don’t like change. Website redesigns, different music styles from a band you like, moving to a new place — you get the point. When judging something new — from a previous iteration of a product — people try to compare it to it’s old self, rather than something completely new and of it’s own merits. So it would usually baffle me when someone would complain when something gets stale, because that is what happens when things don’t change.

I’ve been seeing this freak out about change, in much more recent examples of Free! and Aku no Hana. Main reason for the backlash of Free! is quite simple, this anime is aim at a demographic that isn’t the usual, teenage male category; it is for — at least from the preview I’ve seen — their females audience, more specifically the fujoshi. And Aku no Hana has a different art style that not many are fond of, but I’m not bothered by it and am enjoying the anime.

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It is another week of week of Anime Suggestion Sunday, and for this week we are looking at I”S Pure. If you missed last week, it is located here.

I”S Pure is a story told by Ichitaka Seto, who is remembering his past with his crush, Yoshizuki Iori. Through the years, Seto has known her, he has been too shy to confess to her and this day, Christmas Eve, is the last chance he has to confess his feeling toward Iori.

This one is about six episode, so it isn’t too long to watch and it a pretty decent romance. The comedy is also pretty solid, so if you don’t like the mushy stuff, it still can be pretty entertaining. So if either romance or comedy is your thing, you should give I”S Pure a shot.

A nice milestone has been reached, 50 followers! It was technically yesterday when I got my fiftieth, but exciting nonetheless. Since I never really introduced myself properly on this blog, I might as well do a Q&A. If you have a question to ask, or just curious about something, ask away. I’ll remember to keep the asks tagged as #ask, for convenience. And thank you to everyone, old and new, for sticking around with the mindtap blog.

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People expect a lot out of other, but usually never really expect much from themselves. Having that counterbalance of what people insist on others, can put pressure on oneself to change — or at least pretend to change — in order to fit in. Ending up with this fragile mask of what people want you to be, rather than who you really are.

These kinds of fake personalities appear quiet clearly for our blue haired, ice princess Natsukawa Masuzu from Ore No Kanojo To Osananajimi Ga Shuraba Sugiru.

From quite an early age, Masuzu wanted to impress her father by being a well behaved child — so she would try to act like a good girl to get her fathers approval. Now being in high school, she continues to be the fake self, she became oh so familiar with.

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