Tuesday, December 30, 2008

SEKIREI

SEKIREI

RATING: 4/5

CHAPTERS: 1 – 12 (END)

AUDIO: JAPANESE

SUBTITLE: CHINESE/ENGLISH

INTRODUCTIONS:

Minato Sahashi who is awkward around women and unemployed, has failed the college entrance exam twice, Growing up, he could never stand up to his mother or little sister, a trend that continues to this day. In reality, Minato is extremely intelligent, yet his inability to cope under pressure results in his constant failure. As a result he has been branded an idiot and loser by many. One day, Minato meets a girl named Musubi, who literally falls from the sky.

Minato soon learns that he is an 'Ashikabi', humans with special genes that allows them to partner with 'Sekirei'. The Sekirei are super-powered beings created by the mysterious MBI corporation. Made up of cute girls, buxom women, and bishōnen, the Sekirei fight in a dangerous and sometimes deadly competition called the 'Sekirei Plan'.

With the entire city of Tokyo as the battlefield, the Sekirei seek out those humans who are destined to become their Ashikabi partner. Minato soon learns that being the partner of a beautiful girl is not all fun and games, especially when he discovers that an Ashikabi can have more than one Sekirei partner, and that's where the real trouble starts.

Saturday, December 27, 2008

KOIHIME MUSOU

KOIHIME MUSOU

RATING: 4/5

CHAPTERS: 1 – 12 (END)

AUDIO: JAPANESE

SUBTITLE: CHINESE/ENGLISH

INTRODUCTIONS:

The storyline of this anime was based on a Japanese adult visual novel and the Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. You would expect to get some “unexpected” scenes since all the characters (except one) are females. After losing a family to bandits during a night raid, Kanu swore that she will not let others share the pain she had experienced that night. She quickly became a well-known and feared by villain bandit hunter. During her journey she came across others, who wished to join her in her cause. One of them is a girl named Rin Rin, who had similar experience with bandits in the past.