Merry Christmas 2012 from the Blogger Crew

On the 12th day of Christmas...

Conclusion: Chihayafuru

Chihayafuru...what a weird series.

Didn't know karuta could be so intense. I wish there were more explosions though.

Conclusion: Guilty Crown

Guilty Crown...what a fiasco.

Conclusion: Zero no Tsukaima F

Yayyyyyyyy Zero no Tsukaima is over...

...awwwww Zero no Tsukaima is over.

First Impressions: Black Rock Shooter

You all are probably thinking, “What is this blasphemy? A first impressions post done by someone other than ExtraCareful!?”

Well, don’t worry. The post is split half-and-half, since I need his opinions to supplant my half-baked ones. But for now, bear with BtB’s spiel on Burakku Rocku Shootuh.
Also, this post is rather image-heavy. Sorry, I couldn't resist...

First Impressions: Nisemonogatari

And we come to my favorite series of the season. Hoo yea.

Monogatari series fanboy mode engaged.

First Impressions: Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou

Almost done! Alllllllllmooostttttttttttttttttttttt done....

And then there were two.

First Impressions: Papa no Iu Koto o Kikinasai!

Sorry for the mega-delay on these series, but I mean...all these series...

So many series...shudder

And this series...so much loli...why...

First Impressions: Amagami SS+ plus

Remember that I'm doing all these roughly from most shitty to least shitty.

Unfortunately, Amagami SS+ plus is on the worse end of the "mildly decent" spectrum. I am disappoint, AIC. I am disappoint indeed.

First Impressions: Inu x Boku SS

Another relatively decent series.

I mean c'mon, it's the only shoujo series of the season, give it a break. It looks good and has funny back-and-forth conversations. Better than Zero no Tsukaima.

First Impressions: Ano Natsu de Matteru

A slice-of-life series. Character design by the same person who also contributed to Toradora!. Graphics by J.C. Staff. I had pretty high expectations for this series.

Did it live up to them? Let's see.

First Impressions: Another

Now we're slowly getting into the good series.

This one is good for watching at night.

Helps you fall asleep.

First Impressions: Zero no Tsukaima F

Oh God. Here it is - Shakugan no Louise The Final F Season Season Season IV. Just what everybody needed in their lives.

More rage-filled tsundere provided by yours truly, Rie Kugimiya.

First Impressions: Rinne no Lagrange

And here's the actual mecha series of the season.

It's still kinda iffy.

First Impressions: Senki Zesshou Symphogear

All right, time to move onto the mecha section of this season's animus...

...is what I would like to say, but unfortunately, there's yet another bad series to cover.

As Rick Perry likes to say, "Oops."

First Impressions: High School DxD

Huff puff
Puff huff
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First Impressions: Mouretsu Pirates

Yay, a series based on a picture at a doujinshi convention that was rather aptly named "Miniskirt Space Pirates".

I'm gonna have some fun reviewing this, aren't I.

sigh...(I'm being terribly inconsistent, but spoiler alert I guess)

First Impressions: Recorder to Randoseru

Again, these posts wouldn't be so painful to write if these series just weren't so damn bad.

Unfortunately, they are.

Fuck me.

First Impressions: Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki

This is a 3-min series. About a cat. He is round. And just as unidentifiable with modern biological taxonomy as Pannya from Mashiro-iro Symphony was. Do Japanese studios have a fetish for something that looks vaguely cat-dog-mushroom-from-Maplestory-ish-like but isn't? Because I don't get this. At all.

Oh and it's being turned into the newest Nintendogs game a game on the 3DS where you raise the blob.

Er, thing. I think it's a cat.

...I hope it's a cat.

First Impressions: Kill Me Baby!

Sorry for the mega-delay on these series, but I mean...all these series...

So many series...shudder