joiedecombat: (stoic)
2010-01-21 01:53 am

SaiMono

Finished watching Saiunkoku Monogatari season two, finally, after having to drag myself back to it because the season one finale made me cry.

I observe:
* Season 2 has more dramatic tension than most of Season 1 did. Although this may be largely because past a certain point I just could not keep up with all the plotting and scheming that everyone was doing. When even your shoujo heroine has mastered the Xanatos Gambit...
* I love Tan-tan. ♥ Especially how he seems to bring out the worst in Seiran, who is more interesting when his mean streak surfaces.
* OMG, Ryuuki. I don't think I've ever said "aw, punkin," so many times about a single fictional character before. At least, unlike the first season finale, the series finale didn't stomp all over my heartstrings - they got that out of the way about half a dozen episodes beforehand, (courtesy of Ran Shuuei of all people).

I'm sorry there's not more, because there's clearly still a whole bunch of story. Maybe someday there'll be another season. Or translations of the novels, or something. The manga is better than the anime, but I don't think it even covers as much of the story as the anime does.

In the meantime, I introduced the Anime Nite gang to Durarara!. It went over very well.
joiedecombat: (can't sleep)
2009-06-11 03:56 am

agh mood whiplash

In retrospect, finishing the first season of Saiunkoku Monogatari tonight was a bad idea.

Unintended season finale suckerpunch GO )
joiedecombat: (♥)
2009-06-08 11:39 pm

What I'm Watching: Saiunkoku Monogatari

I know I said I was going to watch Princess Tutu, but I got sucked into Saiunkoku Monogatari instead, and it's amusing me greatly. So have some natter about that instead. )
joiedecombat: (:C)
2008-03-26 01:26 am

Random Acts of Fandom: Blood+, Saiunkoku Monogatari, LSH

Finally finished watching Blood+. It was not nearly as bad as I feared. I will admit, however, that a large part of the entertainment value of the series had by this point become watching people on the TVWoP forum explain what was going on to those who were having trouble following:

snipped for Other People's Words )

Other things that are amusing me lately: Saiunkoku Monogatari, which I am too out of it to properly explain at the moment, but it's kind of like Ouran High School Host Club in feudal fantasy China with politics and open bisexuality. Srsly.

Also the Legion Abstract, which I recommend to the LSH fans on my flist. Reviews and synopses of all current ongoing Legion storylines, including threeboot, the stuff going on in Action Comics, the cartoon, and the comic of the cartoon, but more interesting than these are the writeups on signature moments of each Legionnaire and other random Legion-related stuff. I live in hope that he will eventually get around to a writeup on Magno, because thus far it's taken characters on the level of Atmos, Visi-Lad, and Calamity King to reduce him to "yeah, he was here, he didn't really do anything, we don't care, moving on," and any kind of appreciation for Magno as a character makes me happy.

Plus, he's funny:

snipped again )

Not to mention that he actually went to the trouble of explaining the entirety of Mon-El's continuity, which, dear God. Anyway, Legion fans, check it out. Makes for some interesting reading.