Should I watch Hikaru no Go ?

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Japanese Title   : ヒカルの碁

Original Creator : Hotta, Yumi (堀田 由美)

Genre            : Sports

do you hate sports anime ? or you just hate overpowered main character ? or maybe you only hate weird and illogical move ?

well in advance just let me tell you this. you might fall in love if you watch at least half of total episode on this anime. and you won't find weird move on it, since that's just how this sports works in real life (maybe). and the main character it self is not overpowered. so don't hesitate to watch this anime.

The Story of this anime will revolve around Shindou Hikaru which got possessed by the spirit of Fujiwara no Sai. Sai was once a great Go player, who committed suicide and continued to stay in the world as a spirit desiring only to play Go once again. That is how Shindou was forced by Sai to play Go and began his Go's Journey. 

before we continue, I think you need to know what we're going to see on this anime. for a brief, according to Wikipedia.org. Go is a Chinese abstract strategy board game for two players, in which the aim is to surround more territory than the opponent. and yes it's a game that imported from China. if you want to know more you might want to see this video made by Udacity.

Okay, let's continue the review :)

The anime it self was made in 2001, so don't hope too much for a high quality graphic. Thankfully that they have a good art which make this anime watchable even now. I think it still be able to compete with current anime's graphic. well that's only my opinion though :)

Unfortunately the story telling in this anime is not well stabilized. which might make you feel bored in some part of the story. for an example there are some episode when they just neglect the main character development and tell the development of side character instead which I think they can just cut it and explain it with narration or adding little scene that explain it. Overall they do have a lot of potential on the Story.

I won't give a commentary about their soundtrack, just find out about it your self. I just don't like it and can't bring my self to love it.

You must have realize that in this review all the way here I used a lot of negative statement such as;

• The anime is old. 
• The story not well stabilized
• I don't like the soundtrack, etc

well I do tell you that they have a lot of potential though, and I do tell you how I like it because there are no overpowered main character and there are no illogical move here. I know that is not enough to convince you to watch this anime. Then, allow me to tell you why I love this anime. 

Despite the fact that they doesn't have a good story telling, they somehow manage to explain the development of all necessary character. The story is heartwarming which won't make you get bored too easily with this anime (we all love heartwarming story right ?). and of course the most important thing is they manage to deliver the message of the story. I think that's enough to make you reconsider to watch it :) (I Hope)

Well at the end it's too bad that they don't continue the anime, I read the manga instead though. That's all my review about this anime. tell me what do you think about this anime on the comment section. (R25)

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The biggest Dragon Ball theory?

• The One (2001): Travel between parallel universes in the Multiverse is possible by using "quantum tunnelling" technology, but restricted and policed by the Multiverse Authority (MVA). Alternate versions or "Multiverse Counterparts" (MVCs) of all living persons are connected by an "energy string." Gabriel Yu-Law, a rogue, former MVA agent learns that killing alternate versions of himself in parallel universes divides the "energy" among the surviving MVC's and subsequently embarks on a mission to kill all of his MVC's in order to gain ultimate power and become "The One." He travels to what appears to be our universe to kill his last remaining MVC, Gabriel Law. The task becomes exceedingly more difficult as Law realizes that the energy he shares with Yu-Law has given them both super-human strength and agility.
• Charmed, there exists an alternate dimension where all the evil are good and all the good are evil. The reason for this given that there has to be balance in the universe, so there can never be an area where everything is all good and one where it is all bad as this would affect the grand design of life. So for every good thing that the Charmed Ones do for good in this world, it is done for evil in another to keep things balanced. Mostly, everything occurs exactly the same way, mirroring the real world. Some differences are that all Whitelighters are Darklighters and vice versa, and that The Underworld is a Garden of Eden-like paradise. The Demon of Fear is the Demon of Hope, and Wyatt Halliwell faces a future in which he turns good one day as opposed to one where he turns evil. Some figures, such as the morally ambiguous Gideon, remain largely similar.

Guys just read those too. If you're an actual DBZ fan you'll get what I mean. Te highlited lines especially sound just like DBZ.

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Does Jiren Possess the Ultra Instinct?

Dragon Ball Super revealed an important new transformation called ultra instinct in Goku this week.This feature allows the user to fight without even thinking which makes them unbeatable. Also, this is a technique that is incredibly difficult to master.Despite Goku fighting Jiren using this incredible power he was still unable to beat him which without any double would raise a question is everyones mind. 

Does Jiren possess the ultra instinct ?

The main reason why this theory is even here is that Jiren was able to fight goku without any surprise "without even flinching". Since Jiren is said to be more powerful than most gods of destruction, it is very likely that Jiren not only knows how to use this new technique he has already mastered it.The other proof about Jiren possessing Ultra instinct is a mastered level is that he is fast and can fight Goku without showing any visual changes, much like Beerus and Whis.

Why Jiren is NOT Using Ultra Instinct

Now that we have discussed why Jiren possess the ultra instinct lets look into a few things that suggest that he does not possess such power.First off, Looking at how the Gods of destruction were so shocked by a mortal possessing ultra instinct, including"Belmond" it is very clear that Jiren is not using ultra instinct.One of the theories actually states that Jiren is telepathic which is why no one could fight him and Goku could finally land some blows in his new form.

 What do you think: Is Jiren a master of Ultra Instinct or does he get his powers from elsewhere?

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Should I watch Muteki Kanban Musume?

Should I watch Muteki Kanban Musume?

Note: Im LA

"Inconsistencies in men are generally testimony to their immaturity."

Basically sums up Muteki Kanban Musume in a nutshell.

Muteki Kanban Musume is definitely one of those oddball slapstick action parody anime about a powerfully strong yet ditzy ramen delivery girl (just go with it) and her exploits in beating up her rivals and pissing off her mother in the process. By all accounts this kind of anime especially how each episode's skits have overarching plotlines that also spill into the continuity of it's latter episodes making this comedy anime a rare oddity, though it's in the realms of Shinryaku! Ika Musume style of skit-based story telling.


For characters, well start off with the titular character of Miki Onimaru voiced by Hitome Nabatame who is the most powerful ramen delivery girl in her shopping arcade, she has feuds with Megumi Kannzuki voiced by Ami Koshimizu a skewer-wielding bakery owner ojou who's on PAR with Miki for power levels thus their personal and business rivalry, Kankuro Nishiyama voiced by Nobuyuki Hiyama for HIM wanting to fight Miki all the time and Toshiyuki voiced by Rokurou Naya who isn't in exactly good terms with Miki and is in similar power levels if not she considers Toshiyuki her biggest rival next to Megumi. The ONLY person to quell and stop Miki (and by extension any of Miki's rivals), happens to be Miki's own mother Makiko Onimaru voiced by Sayuri Sadaoka and she's kinda a badass in her own right to stop the psychotically uncontrollable fighting machine of Miki. Going a bit in depth with some of the sub-characters, LA actually REALLY likes Megumi to the point of favourites merely because even though she's a sneaky tactician-like character that wants nothing but Miki's downfall one way or another, she does have that side of her in which she's not "just" all that and she has some empathy in there.....ohh god it's gap moe all right but all the more that she's LA's favourite character. LA really didn't like Kankuro as a character, sure his contributions to many of skits are there and works to an extent and usually ends in the same way however with his verbal tic of ~nya got annoying very easily and VERY quickly (to point this out, because this anime's characters have NO INDOOR VOICES you can see why LA would get annoyed) and some of his skits were too predictable from journey to end (even if other characters contribute to his cause), the other character that LA kinda thought was annoying was Akihiko Ohta voiced by Yuuichi Nakamura the neighbor of Miki who owns a grocery, LA's problem with him is minor unlike LA's annoyances with Kankuro but LA just really didn't like his entire Sentai-a-la-Star Rangers scthick, LA "gets" why as he is the everyday badass and his strong sense of justice is a key feature to Akihiko HOWEVER, considering that we have Miki, Megumi and Toshiyuki AND Makiko who might as well be godly beasts comparing to Akihiko's (and by extension Kankuro) normal human power, BOTH Kankuro and Akihiko are essentially butt monkeys even if it's their respected skits and heck even the anime brings this up.



Even with the technical "useless fighter characters" in Muteki Kanban Musume, another factor is that Muteki Kanban Musume's use of character dynamics mainly in the line of "character with same motivations" allow even the most useless of characters to both have some presences, interact with other characters they wouldn't have during their initial appearances and not allow them to be turned into one-trick ponies (Again your circumstances will vary with Kankuro, but works brilliantly with say Miki and Megumi's interactions more), thus the dynamics between the rather minimalistic cast allows the comedy to be on the unpredictable or more so...the crazier side of things



Really the comedy of Muteki Kanban Musume lies in the absurdity as well as the immaturity of it's characters and how it stacks to makes the situation all the more crazier though predictability is kinda to be expected for the results...how it got there however is entirely unpredictable and sometimes characters comes out of nowhere for their own goals just to add to it's unpredictability. Muteki Kanban Musume also delves into referential humor through it's several skits that kinda adds to the situation (eg. parodying the MGM logo intro, The Ring, Sailor Moon, Babe Ruth, Pinocchio and Jackie Chan's Drunken Master), this was an anime released in 2006 so why not?.


In terms of animation by Telecom Animation Film, the animation if anything is limited most of the times resorting to overexaggerated facial expressions and ball of fighting at times. The battles are kinda stiff at times but if it needs to show some fights with a bit of fighting choreography again, limited but still decent. The character designs are decent and memorable to say the least as most of the characters always have their signature costume (easily making Megumi and Miki recognizable). The backgrounding again though limited is decent as well. Really for Telecom Animation Film although it had limited resources they used it to decent effect is the best way to put the animation of Muteki Kanban Musume...not bad even for a crazy action parody anime THAT NEEDS the animation to pull through in order to make it work.


In terms of voice acting, well there are some welcome surprises most definitely being Hitome Nabatame voicing Miki as she's usually typecasted as the brooding loner type character with a tragic backstory, HERE...she's a ditzy psychotically powerful ramen delivery girl in a COMEDY ACTION PARODY...it's pretty much a rare playing against the type role for her. Ami Koshimizu as well gets this treatment as she voices a ego-centric backstabbing ojou, considering when Muteki Kanban Musume came out she wasn't typecasted as the badass lead heroine (a la Code Geass as Kallen Stadtfeld not one season after Muteki Kanban Musume was released) again it's a rare role for her to do. -sigh- LA will say this again but Nobuyuki Hiyama was annoying, LA doesn't hate the voice actor, LA just found Kankuro to be annoying that is all and his odd verbal tics compounded by this anime's characters having no indoor voices sealed Kankuro fate for LA. The only other mention would be Sayuri Sadaoka as Makiko, voicing a mother you DON'T wanna mess with as Sayuri did it GREAT...NO INDOOR VOICES AND ALL.

Muteki Kanban Musume does have a theme of immaturity being a downfall slipped within it's skits and this theme does show itself from time to time and is easily manifested in MANY of it's characters (Miki, Megumi, Kankuro and the obvious one from Akihiko) and this does add into the comedic potential this anime has and delivers and again compounding with referential humor reflecting that immaturity leads to downfall and for an anime within the comedy action parody actually makes sense in the grand scheme of things.

Muteki Kanban Musume is a crazy romp through some wildly crazy adventures of one ditzy ramen delivery girl and her exploits in beating up her rivals and screwing up her job time and again...sure it might be repetitive with some running gags (LA is looking at you Akihito's Star Rangers and Kankuro in general) but with it's brilliantly timed comedic execution and somewhat cleverly done thematic nature of immaturity in a comedy action PARODY makes this simple action parody anime into something much more that LA even thought it would be. 

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Should I watch Ladies versus Butler?

Many criticize the harem genre of anime for its overly formulaic approach and execution. And Ladies vs. Butlers will probably not change the opinions of these critics, since practically every convention common in harem anime is crammed into this show.

The premise behind Ladies vs. Butlers is simple yet predictable. The main character, Hino Akiharu, attends a school for upper-class ladies that is also dedicated to instructing maids and butlers how to function in high-class society. The story basically details Hino interacting with the various girls at the school and the various ecchi situations he gets himself into. The majority of this series is episodic and, in all honesty, serves nothing more than to introduce the female characters and to show ecchi scenes.  

Ladies vs. Butlers includes almost every female archetype found in the harem genre: a tsundere, a childhood friend, a (reverse) trap, lolis, clumsy girls, foreign girls, etc. The harem lead, Akiharu, is also a fairly generic character. While he doesn’t fit the “total loser” persona as many other harem leads do, there is nothing really noteworthy about him. Also, there is hardly any significant character development, but that is to be expected of an anime of this type.  

The art is decent and very reminiscent of one of XEBEC’s earlier productions, Kanokon. And while some of the character designs may be slightly off-putting (for example, there is a 19-year-old girl who looks like an elementary school student), this will not detract from overall enjoyment of the anime.  

The opening and ending songs are appropriate for this kind of anime but nothing all that memorable, and the voice-acting suited each character’s personality well. The background music is virtually nonexistent, though you will probably be too fixated on all the bouncing breasts, panty shots, and nudity present in this anime to even notice.  

While Ladies vs. Butlers does not fail in one particular aspect, its main issue is that it does nothing to stand out from the countless other harem anime out there. It doesn’t deviate from the harem formula at all, and as a result, this anime most likely will not appeal to anyone looking for anything more than fanservice and comedy. However, if you are a diehard harem or ecchi fan, you should give Ladies vs. Butlers a try.  

Overall, this was a decent ecchi/harem anime, albeit nothing exceptional or ground-breaking. 

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