MM! (えむえむっ!, Emu Emu!?) is a Japanese light novel series by Akinari Matsuno,
with illustrations by QP:flapper. The protagonist has a sexual fetishism of masochism.
As of October 2010, ten volumes have been published by Media Factory under their MF Bunko J label.
Taiwanese company Tong Li Publishing has published the novel series under the alternative title "MM Yi Zu" (MM一族).
A manga adaptation by Issei Hyoju started serialization in the seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive on July 26, 2008.
The drama CD adaption was released by Edge Records on March 24, 2010 and its first-press limited edition came with a bonus CD.
The anime adaptation produced by Xebec started on October 2, 2010. Its character Mio Isurugi's Twitter began on May 27, 2010.
Plot
Taro Sado is a masochist and goes to a high school with his male friend Tatsukichi Hayama.
Taro Sado falls in love for the first time with a girl, who is in fact cross-dressing Tatsukichi.
Taro wants to be cured of his masochism so that he can confess, and so goes to the Second Voluntary Club, to get help.
There he meets Mio Isurugi, a self-proclaimed god, and Arashiko Yuno, the girl who made him a masochist in the first place.
Characters
Taro Sado (砂戸 太郎, Sado Tarō?)
Voiced by: Chihiro Suzuki (drama CD), Jun Fukuyama (Anime)
Taro Sado is the hero of the story, and a true masochist. He went to the same middle school as Yūno, who is at fault for turning him into a masochist.
He is not sexually attracted to his relatives, though his mother and older sister are attracted to him and an have over protective relationship for him.
He is sometimes forced to perform cross-dressing
(in the anime he was cross dressing because he was hypnotized to by Mio, and fell in love with Tatsukichi who tries to avoid Taro by cross dressing).
Taro is known to have a ridiculous amount of "Pervert Energy" (over 30,000 units, while 5 units for average people.)
which was employed by Noa in one of her schemes. Despite the fact that he is a self-proclaimed "Super Masochist",
Taro won't hesitate to help out his friends such as rushing Mio to a hospital when she collapsed during their mock-wedding at their date,
trying to beat up the senior who attempted to sexually assault Arashiko way back despite being outmatched,
acknowledging Tatsukichi's cross-dressing and telling him that he doesn't mind.
His surname Sado is probably a pun on sadomasochism which is particularly displayed in a wide array of scenarios throughout the series.
Mio Isurugi (石動 美緒, Isurugi Mio?)
Voiced by: Chihiro Ishiguro (drama CD), Ayana Taketatsu (Anime)
Isurugi is Taro Sado's senior. She is the head of his school club and is violent to Taro due to her superiority complex. She is a self-proclaimed deity. She also has ailurophobia. There is an implication that she has feelings for Taro (as a result of his kindness towards her, plus the fact that he treats her just as he does everybody else), although she does not admit to them. A recent episode somehow suggested she is jealous when another girl makes advances towards Taro as in the case of her being more violent towards him when Noa gave him a mound of lilacs. She is an extreme tsundere, and repeatedly attacks Taro, in an (unsuccessful) attempt to cure his masochism. She seems to be unaware of the fact that she has developed an attachment towards Taro, nor the fact that she has unconsciously developed feelings towards him, and constantly denies these facts whenever Arashiko has pointed it out.
Mio doesn't get along well with Tatsukichi when his alter-ego surfaces while cross-dressing, especially from the fact that Tatsukichi belittles Mio's bust size whenever his alter-ego comes out. She does not quite realise that she has an innate sadistic personality, which may explain why she constantly resorts to violent measures to cure his masochism. She is shown to be very athletic, but has been said by Arashiko to not be very good at studies.
Yuno is Taro Sado's classmate. She has androphobia due to an attempted sexual assault by her former boyfriend in junior high school, and will attack any males who touch her, subconsciously feeling that she has to hit them before they hit her. She is also the one who caused Taro to become a masochist but despite her androphobia she develops a crush on Taro and is also hinted to be jealous as well when another girl is involved with Taro such as the case when Mio asked Taro out on a date and when Noa gave him a mound of lilacs and that she gave off a pouting face.
She occasionally gets into situations where she briefly forgets her androphobia in her eagerness to get closer to Taro (or is accidentally touched by him), and when she actually realises what happens, she comically assaults Taro who, due to his masochism, enjoys.
Tatsukichi Hayama (葉山 辰吉, Hayama Tatsukichi?)
Voiced by: Rina Satō
Hayama is Taro Sado's classmate and close friend. He enjoys cross-dressing (which induces his female alter-ego to appear). He is troubled at the start when Taro, who does not know of Tatsukichi's hobby, becomes infatuated with his female alter ego. His alter-ego, "Tatsumi Antoinette XVI," has superiority complex while he is cross-dressing, and repeatedly argues with Isurugi (sometimes over Taro's affection) as well as repeatedly attacking verbally Mio's breast size. He was previously in a relationship with Yuno's best friend Yumi, but states that he is unsure how he now feels about her.
Yumi Mamiya (間宮 由美, Mamiya Yumi?)
Voiced by: Yuko Gibu
Mamiya is a professional of massage. She has light pink hair. She hates Taro Sado and loves Hayama, but does not know that Hayama is a cross-dresser. In certain scenes in the anime it is implied that she has lesbian tendencies when groping and fondling Arashiko and Mio.
Onigawara is a school nurse and enjoys making people to perform cosplay. She is something of a sadist and has a close relationship to Mio Isurugi, to the point that Mio calls her "Michiru-nee". She is shown to enjoy taking pictures of pretty girls especially when they're wearing costumes she catered for them.
Noa Hiiragi (柊 ノア, Hiiragi Noa?)
Voiced by: Sayuri Yahagi
As a character of the original novel series since Volume 5, Hiiragi is a senior of Taro, but her body looks like a girl of preadolescence. She is the president of the Invention Club at Taro's school, and is a genius with an IQ of over 200. Due to her insecurities at not being able to lead a normal life like many others, she comes up with a scheme which would turn everyone in the world into perverts (if they weren't already one). However, she is talked out of it by Taro, and is saved by him when the broken machine threatens to fall on her. She falls for Taro after that incident, and he happens to be her first love (she gave him a mound of lilacs which was, as stated by Arashiko, holds the meaning of first love in the language of flowers.) Like Mio, she dislikes people insulting her childish stature.
Wow... Sasuga Wikipedia.. maybe you can skip that part..
and for now.. let's come for the review.....
lets start with...
STORY
ok... at the first episode of the anime.. I kinda hesitate to watch the rest of the anime.. maybe the first episode is not interesting for me..but don't know how.. i keep on watching the rest of the anime... and actually i found that they don't have that interesting storyline.. yeah.. it's kinda dissapointing.. it's all about a masochist guy who want his bad habit cured. but they have something to offer in this anime.. that is funny way to overcome problem(some of them are funny to me) and a lot of personalities.. and also the thing which makes me keep on watching this anime is they often solve people problem.. i kinda like this kind of anime.. just like TWGOK.. maybe i should make some duel :D
OK the score is... 6/10
ART
Ok, lets talk about the art here.. the art is wonderfull, i did not find any flaw on the anime (so far) i have re-watched it 3 times.... and still couldn't find anything.. so it's a great improvement from 2d World..and the character also drawn beutifully by the artist...
So the score is 8.5/10
SOUND/SEIYUU
let talks about the seiyuu first....what can i say about the seiyuu... ehm..actually i have nothing to say.. it tipical anime i didn't find it anoying or interesting.. and about the sound.. the OP and ED maybe... the OP and ED is kinda good.. but not that *really good* becouse i just find that the OP and ED song is usual
So the score for the sound and seiyuu is 7/10
He-n-ta-i is kamehameha stronger version (lolwut) addition by Dwi_Edge:
CHARACTER
Well we've come to the part where there is no turning back... the character..what can I say about the character?? HENTAI.. yeah that the easiest way to describe the character.. every character in this anime (not all of them) have sexual dissorder (i don't know how to say this with a better language..) like masochist, Lolicon or personality dissorder (still didn't know the best word to describe it) like androphobia and etc. Some of them i find it kinda usual but it giving a spice to the anime.. have you ever seen hella masochist vs lolicon master.. it's entertaining as hell
so the score is 9/10
OVERALL
well the overall is 6+8.5+7+10 = 31.5/4 = 7.875
it's a fair anime... i'm not really recommend you to watch it.. but i think this anime has their own color in my eyes.. yeah especially that hella masochist vs lolicon master... but i think if they eliminate the torture session for the protagonist it will become a better anime.. (even though eliminating that will change the title of this anime. :D)
ok then, i think that is all.. thanks for the reading.. and don't forget to brush your teeth and drink some plutonium... coz if you dont do that the super hella hentai will come to your house...oh yeah.. the download links is underneath
still in the spirit of Christmas, yet CraneAnime make another review... this time about TWGOK (The World God Only Knows) even though the one who did it is me and our intel... haha... me, Dwi_Edge: Red our intel: Purple
Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai 神のみぞ知るセカイ - The World God Only Knows -
Synopsis
Keima Katsuragi, a second-year high school student, is an avid galge gamer. He is known on the Internet as "The Capturing God (落とし神,- Otoshi-gami)" for his legendary skills to be able to "capture" any 2D girl in games. However, in his actual school life, Keima is known as otamegane (オタメガネ), a derogatory portmanteau of the two words otaku (オタク) and megane (メガネ-"glasses").
At the start of the series, Keima receives an e-mail offering him a contract to "capture" girls. He accepts what is thought to be a challenge, and a demon from Hell nicknamed Elsee appears. She asks for his cooperation to help her in catching the runaway spirits. These spirits hide themselves inside the girls' heart, and Elsee suggests that the only method to force the spirits out is by "capturing" their hearts—making them fall in love and filling up the gaps which the runaway spirits hide in. Appalled by the idea, Keima refuses after clarifying to Elsee that he is only interested in "capturing" 2D girls and that he detests reality. Nevertheless, with the contract already accepted, Keima would have to help Elsee no matter what; if they fail, both Elsee and Keima would lose their heads.
Alternative Titles English: The World God Only Knows Synonyms: Kaminomi Japanese: 神のみぞ知るセカイ
Trailer
Information
Type: TV Episodes: 12 (Completed Season 1) Producers: Manglobe Genres: Comedy, Romance, Shounen, Harem Vintage: 2010-10-06
Opening Theme: "God only knows" by Oratorio The World God Only Knows
Ending Theme: #1: "Koi no Shirushi (コイノシルシ)" by Ayana Taketatsu (ep 1-2) #2: "Koi no Shirushi" by Aoi Yuuki (ep 3,5-6) #3: "Tatta Ichi Do no Kisei (たった一度の奇跡)" by Tomo Sakurai (ep 4) #4: "Happy Crescent (ハッピークレセント)" by Nao Toyama (ep 7) #5: "Koi no Shirushi from Elsie" by Kanae Itou (ep 8) #6: "Koi no Shirushi" by Nao Toyama (ep 9-10) #7: "Koi no Shirushi" by Kana Hanazawa (ep 11) #8: "Shuuseki Kairo no Yume Tabibito (集積回路の夢旅人)" by Hiro Shimono with Oratorio The World God Only Knows (ep 12)
considering the spoiler fill in, our intel "wash out" the spoiler in this section, so just see it without any ill feelings
Keima Katsuragi (桂木 桂馬)
VA : Hiro Shimono
Age : 17
Birthday : 6 June
Class : 2-B
Height : 174cm
Weight : 53kg
Keima Katsuragi, the protagonist of the story, is a 17-year-old high school student attending Maijima High School Academy. At an early age, he acquired an obsessive interest in video games; now he is known as "The Capturing God (落とし神, Otoshi-gami)" in the gaming world for his legendary skills in "capturing" any girls in dating sims. But ironically, he is called otamegane (a derogatory portmanteau of the two words otaku and megane-"glasses") by almost everyone in his school due to his extreme devotion to videogames.
[SPOILER ALERT]
Despite himself saying he likes girls, it's the perfectly theoretical and beautiful girls of the game world that he prefers, not the girls in reality. His love for games is such that he even goes into withdrawal if he doesn't play games enough and he has the bad habit of locking himself in his room and playing games for days on end when he's depressed.
At the start of the series, Keima becomes a collaborator for catching runaway spirits when he replies to an instigative e-mail to his mail address in his PFP (otoshi-god@zumcities.co.jp) requesting his help to "capture" girls without knowing it was a contract from Hell, to which Elsee appeared and asked for his aid to "capture" girls in real-life. For each individual of the "Capture Targets"—a girl with the runaway spirit in her—Keima utilizes his analytical skills and experiences from dating sims to "capture" them. When he has figured out the final push needed to "capture" a girl (in both reality and games), he says the catchphrase "I can already see the ending". Whenever he isn't capturing runaway spirits, he is almost always seen playing video games on his PFP (a parody of Sony's PSP), which might explain his weak physique.
Also, despite the fact he even plays video games in class, he is still at the top of class in every subject. During a scolding of a teacher for his gaming habits, Keima reasoned that all would be fine as long as he aced all his exams; he then proceeded to do so, demonstrating a great academic ability. It is shown that Keima's analytical skills he utilises to "capture" girls is also applied by him in his studies, proven true when he flawlessly predicted the questions on the upcoming English test based on the teacher's personality and the examination extent. As the story progresses, his perspective of the "real world" girls becomes different. Nevertheless, he remains faithful to his "2D girls", in particular, a girl named "Yokkyun" who seems to be drawn in a parody style of famed visual novel Kanon.
His mastery and devotion to girl games was revealed to be way higher above than just average otakus. He is able to play six game at the same time with each of different screens with the activation of his 'Capturing God Mode'. His PFP breaks numerous times during the series, but later found that he actually has a lot of spare PFP hidden around his body. He frequently does lengthy lecture on various archetypes of characters and philosophies on capturing girls. However, he is completely ignorant to everything else, including real girls and their body, foods and even his own life.
[SPOILER ALERT]
Elsea de Lute Irma (エリュシア・デ・ルート・イーマ)
VA : Kanae Itou
Job : Private Household Demon
Age : 300
Birthday : 14 March
Class : 2-B
Bloodtype : ? (O-type character)
Height : 159cm (with bun)
Weight : 44kg
BWH : 83-58-84
Primarily known as Elsie (エルシィ), Elsea is a demon who was assigned to capture evil spirits that have escaped from hell and is the Deuteragonist of the story.
[SPOILER ALERT]
She is shown to have a very sweet, pure and innocent personality and often tries to please Keima's expectations as a "little sister" though often fails due to the cultural differences between them and how her endeavours usually leave Keima in a bad situation. She is fairly popular among young males, apparently more people (primarily boys) began coming when she began working in the family's cafe, such that Keima's mother once had her dress as a maid to attract more customers on the ground that no-one could resist her when she's wearing it (from the reactions around her while she's wearing it and after she takes it off it can be inferred to be true). Her feather cloth (the floating scarf she is always seen with) can change the appearance of an object, create disguises to aid the mission or it can hide people in plain sight. She is left-handed and is rarely seen without her broom, which she had for 298 years, as it was from her original role as a cleaner for hell. She reveals that she has an older sister that was very famous and was known as the "Demon of Demons". Ironically, despite being a demon, she is shown to have an incredible fear of ghosts and the dark.
To stay close to Keima, she tells Mari, Keima's mother, that she is an illegitimate child of Keima's father (nearly getting his parents divorced), and ends up living in the Katsuragi household as well as attending the same class in school.
[SPOILER ALERT]
Ayumi Takahara (高原 歩美)
VA : Ayana Taketatsu
Job : Track-and-field Club Girl
Age : 17
Birthday : 2 May
Class : 2-B
Bloodtype : O
Height : 158cm
Weight : 50kg
BWH : 84-60-85
An athletic, cheery girl in Keima's homeroom at school; Ayumi is a member of the school's track-and-field team. She is an exceptional runner and was chosen as the representative for the upcoming tournament.
[SPOILER ALERT]However she was pressured by jealous third-year runners, causing her to fake an injury in order to back out of the tournament. Keima, who was able to see through the deception, consoled and encouraged her not to give up which led to capturing the escaped spirit. The cause of Ayumi's crevice in the heart was the pressure of the third year runners, which caused guilt in her. She also had disbelief in her own ability to run.
[SPOILER ALERT]
Mio Aoyama (青山 美生)
VA : Aoi Yuuki
Job : Ex-celebrity
Age : 16
Birthday : 2 January
Class : 2-A
Bloodtype : A
Height : 149cm
Weight : 38kg
BWH : 74-54-77
An elitist daughter of Aoyama Central Industry's president. She is imperious and disdainful, being from a wealthy family.
[SPOILER ALERT] However, not known to the public, she is no longer rich. Keima discovers this after stalking her to a shabby apartment. Despite her financial situation Mio continues to think of herself as a rich woman and is unable to let go of her late fathers memory. In order to get closer to her Keima took on the role of her chauffeur and driving her to school in various bicycle/carriages. He then confronts her at a fancy party, convincing her to accept the past and move on. The cause of Mio's crevice in the heart was her stubborn belief in her father, not being able to let him go.
[SPOILER ALERT]
Kanon Nakagawa (中川 かのん)
VA : Nao Toyama
Job : Idol
Age : 16
Birthday : 3 March
Class : 2-B
Bloodtype : AB
Height : 161cm
Weight : 45kg
BWH : 86-58-85
The most popular idol for her quaint style, beauty and singing talents. She is also in Keima's homeroom but had not been attending frequently because of her idol occupation. Kanon hopes that her song would "resound in everyone's hearts".
[SPOILER ALERT] She is constantly anxious and dependent about the acknowledgment of her existence by others. When she feels ignored the spirit possessing her causes her body to appear transparent to others. Her lack of confidence is so great that when Keima first met her and didn't recognize her she buzzed him with a pair of stun guns that she carries. On the night of her premiere performance as an idol she was overcome with stage fright, (becoming nearly invisible) until Keima encouraged her to believe in herself, filling the gap in her heart. During the performance afterwards Kanon began to glow so brightly that it was hard to see her. Keima commented on this, saying that she was no longer and 'idol' but a 'star'. The cause of Kanon's crevice in the heart was her doubt of her existence as an idol.
[SPOILER ALERT]
Shiori Shiomiya (汐宮 栞)
VA : Kana Hanazawa
Job : Library Committee Member
Age : 17
Birthday : 26 December
Class : 2-C
Bloodtype : B
Height : 157cm
Weight : 41kg
BWH : 78-54-80
A reticent girl who loves to read books. She is a member of the Library Committee, which acts as the governing body and librarian for the school library. Her official position is a secretary.
[SPOILER ALERT] She has always wanted to talk to others but finds that she cannot articulate as fast as her thought process, as a result by the time she has formulated a response to something, the conversation has already moved on. From the beginning, Keima immediately catches her attention and anger by saying that physical books are no longer necessary in a digital era. As Keima continues to vandalize the books in the library, she becomes more conversational each time. Near the end of her story arc, she learns that three thousand books are to be disposed of to accommodate an audio-visual booth. Protesting, she locks down the building and barricades herself in the library. After Keima literally descends into the library and gives her "courage", she finally overcomes her silence. The cause of Shiori's crevice in the heart was her wish to speak out her mind while having some doubts of receiving a good reply.
[SPOILER ALERT]
no... this is a review... not just our opinion... so let's stick with this one... nah, this review is full of spoilers... so just skip to the overall one if you don't want to be spoiled
Review
Story (8/10) The first season of 'KamiNomi" involves the capture of 4 girls, with 3 filler episodes first, you need to know about that. Well, the girls are mentioned above and you even can see them in the Trailer or the OP song.
KamiNomi have such a good story, instead of being adapted from a great Manga... some people may despise it, but I think KamiNomi (Anime) is good enough to be watched. At first, anyone would think that TWGOK will nonethelessly predict about the story, I can't blame you, coz I did too. haha... I just didn't like it when they have some stupid filler episodes (about Elsie... etc..) but eps 12 is an exception (God Capturing mode, dude! Can you feel the spirit?)
and as for this Anime Flag episodes, it's seems normal to me... and rather than hentai show "Yosuga no Sora" this Anime flag system is great. And yet Keima isn't a lucky bastard (like Rito - Motto To Love Ru) or some hentai bastard (Haru - Yosuga no Sora, even though their voice actor is a same person) and ... many others... Keima is truly a god... despite me of being a god here (at Crane) he's the only male god I know (the female god is Haruhi) and he's truly a SHOUNEN Character, not a harem magnet / lucky bastard or anything. Ah... for your info, I don't know which is the game Keima playing, but it looks like he's playing the all-age one... just like Sugisaki Ken (Seitokai no Ichizon)
next is about the story development the girls flag isn't monotone, they have their own pace and problems... which is not boring at all. Each one of the girls have interesting story... but their character will be explained below. hmm, about the rest? I just wanna say that the Comedy is fine... and I'm always LOL-ed when Keima explain things to Elsie Galge-ly
I can't say too much about Story, as I forgot most of it (what dude? it's just finished airing and you forget already?) haha... the only thing that echoing in my head is: "I can already see the ending"
Audio (8/10) The OP in 'KamiNomi' can only be described as a "Masterpiece". The animation quality, atmosphere, song quality, song choice, originality, transition flow, audio-visual harmony, appropriateness, effectiveness as OP... just as perfect as Keima capturing god skill... Even me, willing to give the 10/10 score for this OP... (as Opening, not as a good song) but the ED is mediocre... it's too futsuu... futsuu da... just like Falost, the mindmaster of this blog... hahaha... actually, the atmosphere and the animation quality are good (for ED)
and more decending points coming from the Seiyuu voice acting... Keima voice is just retarded, whereas not make him look cool at all and for the girls.. ugh... I only remember the Elsie voice... which is great
as for BGM... hell I dun understand the awesomeness of BGM, so just let this one slide...
Visual (9/10) hell yeah, finally 9 points for the art. The Character Design are perfect to me, as I don't really care about the nose or something trivial like that... and about the background, it's as good as the character... they just marvelous... well, you can't ask more for Fall Anime... let's hope winter one have better animation...
and yet, why I don't give a perfect score? coz, some act and flag is just boring at some points... the art isn't fully used as a great animation, maybe they just being lazy sometimes.
Character (7/10)
the characters were actually fine, but they lacked character development. By that I mean since they adopt the ''amnesia'' way of doing things, they destroy their only way to give some character developments to the secondary characters... since they forget everything and the main characters actually didn't have that much development in their personalities... well, I can let this slide coz this anime is readying for moar season and it'll be fine if they added some development at Keima, coz he's not improving or anything... he's just being a god at first till the rest of the Anime. But you can see he blushing at the very first episode of the Anime which is make him look futsuu (normal) not too unique. Well, that hole is plumped by his god skill so it's okay... Plus, a lot of characters were quite clichéd , not offering an intense uniqueness... not to mention, but they kind of boring (maybe coz I already played too many galge.. just like Keima)
Overall (8/10)
after thinking for a while, I'm decided to give this score to KamiNomi... not too high but not too low either... it's above normal though. As in the terms of recommendation, this anime is worth to watch it really have strong aura which make me watched it till the end at first, I'm watching the LQ one (not to mention that I have slow DL speed and have a little expectation for KamiNomi) but when I got the HQ one, I go all out with the downloading and dL the Chihiro one...
so, after all TWGOK / KamiNomi is great... aarghh... dunno what's there to say... anyway, just watch it and put your comments and thought here.
ehm... I've been waiting for some people to make this.. but they're just t00 busy, and I'm just too perfect in matching my schedule, so I still can review this stupid VN's adapted ANime.... hell.. this anime is just stupid, but the stupid VN still can do better, the VN is more amusing and interesting... I prefer DL and watch the LQ... rather than wasting my time downloading the HQ one...
DAMN HARU! so let's just say that this anime is just: ROMANCE ECCHI InCEST: FALL ANIME, EPIC FAIL!
I'm usually make a joke with the name, becoming: YO SUDAH NO SARO!! (in my language, the meaning is: It's Allright not HARD!)
why don't just Sora the one who get the H-scene?? why???? damnit... zzzz
Sora ^^
coz this is just a stupid hentai ecchi anime... I can't say much... but this Pic explain everything (eps 5)
you know what'll happen next rite? but it's not showed ...
damn, and here I'm waiting to see that scene and STOP watching these... but they don't show it, so I think I'll keep it for a little bit....
in eps 4, they just showing it throughly without any intention of hide / censor it... zzz...
in eps 5, we going back to before Haru give Kazu-chan's cell back... but this time, the stupid maid (Motoka) is not showed up, and amatsume is the one who come out... and... argh... I don't want to tell you the rest, coz it's just like the arc in the VN... only a little difference is that some scene is missing (eh, this is always happen rite?)
the stupid scene where haru searching for Amatsume mother's memento...
and the bonus scene.... argh... just a stupid delusion of that stupid maid (HEH!! I'm using too many "stupid" words out here)
and moar of her delusion... I Stopped the Media Player after seeing the scene which is happened after this pic showed up...
hmm... it looks like Motoka-san having sweet delusion at ending of every episode ... zzz... why not use Sora?
YO SUDAH NO SARO!!!!
First attack!!
second raid (censored for your convenience) !!
but in eps 6, they just don't want to show the h-scene thoroughly...
just a cut from some picture...
damn, why... just why they make the anime like this?? I can't accept this as romance / love story at all...
Haru-chan (feels like calling a girl...) is worse than Rance... (Sengoku Rance... or Rance series... from Alicesoft) it seems like he just raep every one of the heroine in the anime... zzz... damn... so boring... even H-Anime can be moar creative
so... in the eND... YOSUDAH NO SARO ergh... YOSUGA NO SORA (ANIME) is epic FAIL!
fail as an anime... but the VN is just fine...
scene from ep.8, one yaoi end ^^
so it's better if you let this anime slide, coz there's many of great fall anime out there... like TWGOK, Arakawa BridgeXBridge, Star Driver, Toaru Majutsu no Index 2, etc...
and it's better if I just posting about VN... coz if I posting about an anime, I just insulted them, not make any motivational words for you to watch it... HAHAHAHA!!!
Idols, vampires and lolis abound in a month that is more promising than the past three. There’s been lots of hype for SAGA PLANETS’ Kisaragi GOLD★STAR and new company sprite’s Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate. For Campanella fans, the fandisk is finally out this month with stories for your favorite subchars. Will School Days HQ and Hoshikaka finally come out?
Month of moe. Seriously that is all this month amounts to, a mountain of moege for those of you who only care how cute a character looks, not how interesting their character is, how well developed their personality is, how they change over time, or how well written their story and setting are. If you happen to be among that group this month is a bonanza of lolis filling up plotholes in otherwise terrible stories.
Maou o Seifuku Suru Tame no, 666 no Houhou
Company:クラウド (CROWD) Game site:魔王を征服するための、666の方法 Release date: October 1, 2010 Comments: This is the fandisk to Sekai o Seifuku Suru Tame no, 3tsu no Houhou. The premise is based on a hero, a demon and a gender-changing potion. Considering almost everyone has a male and female side, it’s bound to be quite comedic (and ecchi). Not really interested although Cecilia is cute.
Well this month is certainly off to a great start with a fandisk needing no real commentary, ah life is good.
School Days HQ
Company:オーバーフロー (Overflow) Game site:SCHOOL DAYS HQ Release date: October 8, 2010 Comments: New release date after being pushed back from September. This is a remake of the original School Days from 2005. The screen size expands from 640×480 to 800×600 with better backgrounds, new scenarios routes and lots more H scenes. The story still begins the same way with the love triangle between Makoto, Kotohona and Sekai. Here’s the question: Will this or Hoshikaka get delayed first? (Yes, I know it’s master up, but there’s been cases when games have been delayed even after master up…)
I have yet to figure out the purpose of this, a minimal resolution increase and more H scenes.. but I just cannot imagine anyone caring about a remake of a game that offers little more than extra pixels for more H scenes.
Kotonoha OP
Sekai OP
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi
Company:フォン (feng) (finally ... FENG!) Game site:星空へ架かる橋 Release date: October 15, 2010 Comments: New release date after being pushed back from September. Kazuma moved to Yamabiko-chou due to his younger brother Ayumu’s health and ended up staying at the Yorozuyo inn, owned by his father’s friend. On his first day at school, he got lost and asked for directions from a fellow student, Ui. She led him on an offbeat path and he accidentally fell and kissed her. Coincidentally, this was all seen by Ui’s friend, Ibuki, who thought he was a bad guy and declared him to be an enemy. Here’s the question: Will this or School Days get delayed first?
You know what, screw you feng. I have probably written enough when commenting on this game to rival a full review, nothing more needs to be said besides LEARN TO SET REALISTIC RELEASE DATES!
uni.
Company:CIRCUS (yet another circus work) Game site:uni. Release date: October 28, 2010 Comments: New release date after being pushed back from September. This is an all-ages love comedy ADV which takes place in a girls-only school and the main character is a girl. Hoshizora Kirara is the perfect girl with great grades and personality, but she has one thing that worries her: her own name. While some friends think that it’s a cute name, most of her classmates think that it’s weird. She resents her father who used to be part of a motorcycle gang, and wishes to leave her home and live alone. Even entering Fuumi Gakuen doesn’t help her downcast feelings until she notices a recruitment poster that was looking for a member to join the Hatsunejima student discipline committee. It never ceases to amaze me how many games they spinoff the D.C. series. And I’m interested in them all…
Well at least Circus is doing something slightly different even if it is still in much the same way. Does make you wonder if direct Da Capo spinoffs are the only trick in this Circus though, as anything else they touch tends to wind up on the wrong side of terrible. Then again I don’t even care anymore, as long as people keep buying into it, Circus will always be Circus.
Oresama no RagnaRock
Company:あかべぇそふとつぅTRY (AkabeeSoft2 TRY) Game site:俺サマのラグナRock Release date: October 28, 2010 Comments: This is the debut game of AkabeeSoft2 TRY. A long time ago, there was a great war known as Ragnarok where many Gods and Demons were thought to have perished. Now in the northern most part of Japan, the demon lord Njord spends his day being irritated. Is it because of his poverty? Well, that too… but it’s because of those ‘Gods’ on TV. The Gods were the ones that actually won the war and now they’re all over the TV, singing their heavenly songs. He can’t take it anymore and drags his imouto Nerthus along to fight against the Gods in a battle of songs. This is a new Ragnarok… no, RagnaRock!
I love how Norse mythology is so easily bastardized. Well, they’re cute so that’s all that matters. The most interesting part is the system; it calls itself a bloodless country takeover SLG. Japan is basically divided in many areas which you have to try to takeover with your demonic idol charms. As standard for SLGs, you can up various attributes like vocals, performance and stamina. Then you fight by singing in competitions broadcasted on TV. It actually sounds kinda fun, even if there’s not much story to it.
Yes an idol popularity contest story based on a LSD trip to Scandinavia, brilliant idea, simply genius! I am sure this is so great a contribution to mankind the creators are next on the list for a Nobel Peace Prize already. Honestly I firmly believe that anyone who thinks this is a good idea or owns a copy of this game should be arrested for “An extreme case of bad taste, requiring immediate quarantine from the rest of the gene pool”. Here I had been under the impression that Macross represented the absolute limit of how badly idols can screw up something otherwise awesome. Sadly I must now admit my crushing defeat, Akabeesoft2 TRY you have bested the limitations of my imagination, my hat is off to you.
Perhaps there is something worth acknowledging in regards to the vaguely interesting popularity system, at least for those of you into games where idols throw themselves at you due to the protagonists fortuitous proximity. The idea of managing popularity among a target demographic over a geographical area is interesting but it is also quite immediately apparent this game does not make full use of such a concept. Instead RagnaRock focuses more on the mind numbing idol aspect and how it ever so loosely ties into Norse mythology.
THIS IS WHAT I'vE been waiting FORR
ChuxChu Idol 2 -melodiesxmemories-
Company:ユニゾンシフト・アクセント (UnisonShift Accent) Game site:Chu×Chuアイドる2 -melodies×memories- Release date: October 29, 2010 Comments: This is the sequel to ChuxChu Idol. Some years later, the popular idol Chuchu is missing! With the entertainment world in confusion, Chuchu’s ‘sister’ Chuuno Churam takes the stage for her debut under the same name. But she has a secret! She’s actually the combined form created when a female student Yukino and a vampire Ruuchu kiss. Having accidentally seen them kiss, Daigo is forced to be her servant. I didn’t play the original ChuxChu and vampires aren’t really my thing. It’s not often that you have two idol-themed games in a month though.
Along with RagnaRock comes a game almost as offensively retarded for those of you interested in moe, idols, and of course vampires. Clearly a game for people who are both deaf enough to avoid hearing the obnoxious noise this game no doubt generates and spend most of their time fantasizing about molesting pointlessly moe characters with less depth than a half empty shot glass. Yet another shining example as to why moe is poisonous to intelligence, causing a loss of judgement and impairment of vision that leads one to find enjoyment in little girls with big eyes bouncing around the screen regardless of the setting and story. I would be all for a special “Idiot tax” applied to games such as this for anyone wishing to buy it. Afterall cigarettes are taxed and they do far less damage to you.
Sacred†Vampire
Company:Silver Bullet Automatic Game site:Sacred†Vampire-セイクリッドヴァンパイア- Release date: October 22, 2010 Comments: This is the first game by Silver Bullet Automatic. Kazuma is a vampire, sucking on virgin blood every night. He is evil personified. However, he has fallen in love with a human and wishes that he can live as a human. He ends up attending the St. Mary Seishin Catholic School out of all places and meets that girl again. But because he is a vampire, she will definitely not forgive him. Hey, it’s another vampire game! While the story probably won’t deviate much from most vampire stories (see Vampire Knight), I do like Nino-ko’s art. Maasha is especially delicious with her heterochromia ^o^
What is up with this month, first idols then vampires. I do wonder though if they are trying to cash in with the release of the Fortune Arterial anime however as the timing and plot intersect a little too conveniently. Still Sacred Vampire comes across as extremely drama laden in an angsty teen sort of way, especially given how lame the plot and setting are even by vampire story standards. Almost everything involved in the summary of this game feels like a forcible setup by the writers, as though they were unable to come up with a logical motivation for their characters actions and so lazily threw it all together hoping that by using vampires they would be able to get away with it as most other vampire stories do.
Crayon Tulip ~Chidori to Koruri no Yuuwaku Jugyou
Company:SCORE Game site:くれよんちゅーりっぷ ～ちどりとこるりの誘惑授業～ Release date: October 29, 2010 Comments: Jun is an aspiring teacher who has non-blood-related twin imoutos, Koruri and Chidori. One day their mother and older sister tell him that they are actually succubi. Succubi require a man’s essence to become adults and they wish that that he will help Koruri and Chidori become adults. He gets help from chibi teacher Tsubame to enter the girls-only boarding school that they are attending. For his precious imoutos, he will do anything…
It is quite obvious what the target market is. All 4 heroines are small… too small, actually. The largest would be student council member (and cousin) Kuina, who is 150cm tall and has an impressive 3 sizes of 73/53/74. They’ve covered all the bases with wanko, yamada nadeshiko, tsuntsuntsundere and onee-san types. I do have to admit they are really really cute though, especially in the OP! With the children’s song and picture book animation, I’m sure anyone would find it really cute (ecchi parts aside). There’s probably not much story, but you’re sure bound to get lots of amaenbou and ichaicha! Of course this all hinges on whether or not you’re fine with jailbait.
Jailbait huh? I think this goes so far beyond jailbait you should be arrested for even thinking about it. Then again if Micchi was arrested then and I would have too much writing to do by myself. But enough about the pedophiles interested in this game as at least it helps keep them away from real children, on to considering how well formulated and constructed the story is! At least that is what I would like to do if there was any story to consider here, unfortunately however even Circus puts more effort put into their repetitive content. What everything boils down to is this game exists solely to help keep sexual predators satisfied and away from real children, a lofty goal indeed as I for one am glad SCORE is doing their part to keep Micchi out of jail and blogging, bless the noble souls who created this game.
Nanairo Kouro
Company:Journey Game site:なないろ航路 Release date:October 29, 2010Delayed to November 26, 2010 Comments: This is the Journey’s debut game, featuring the D.C.II scenario writers and illustrators from HOOKSOFT, MOONSTONE and Marmalade. Separated from his parents, with no school to attend and living in the large pipes in the park, Sakuta has been unlucky all his life. However, one spring day while on his way shopping, he gets drenched by a lot of water and a girl named Enishi also shows up proclaiming to be an apprentice goddess of marriage. Shortly thereafter Mirai, the ojousama of a wealthy company group, falls in love at first sight with him. She brings him along to the girls-only Princess Mary school aboard a luxury cruiser liner and helps enrol him in it. As the only boy among high society girls from many countries, has his fortunes finally changed?
A twist on the love potion idea: just get an inexperienced love goddess to dump pheromones on you. The setup is kind of convenient having him suddenly live the rich life with all these girls from different backgrounds and with varying appeals. However, aside from the nice art, high class atmosphere and exotic locales, there isn’t much that sets this apart from other moe-ge. For this reason, I’ll be playing other games this month instead. Also, main heroine Asuka Mirai has the exact same name as Yuu’s guy friend in Hoshimemo.
Nice to see that even with a company composed of people from an all star group of established companies the writers can still manage to put my own laziness to shame. A plot this ill conceived does not bode well for this company’s future, given the first game has nothing but moe going for it without a story or protagonist to stand out amongst dozens of better written games. The biggest problem, more than the lack of impact from the setting and core plot is how easy everything is, even when you like moe games there is something missing when everything is pretty much handed to you on a platter at the start. Why even bother playing when there are plenty of better games which are just as moe to choose from. Nanairo Kouro is little more than a cute version of Classy Cranberries.
I actually feel like it’s less of a company and more of a bunch of moe-ge writers and artists doing a conference call and saying, “Hey, let’s create a game together and it’ll be really popular since all our individual fanbases will come buy it!” Maybe this will be the only game that Journey will produce.
I sincerely hope it is the only game they make if this is the best they can do.
Kisaragi GOLD★STAR
Company:SAGA PLANETS Game site:キサラギGOLD★STAR Release date: October 29, 2010 Comments: Six friends live together in an apartment Kosumosu-sou. Even though it is old and run-down, their are always positive and enjoying their time together. Even now they are attending the same school, Kisaragi Gakuen, and each of them has a special talent, except Futami. He’s just an ordinary student and has always watched over his friends like a mother. Even though his osananajimi are all talented, they cannot do anything without him. Together they have a big dream, which will bring happiness to them all.
After being bumpy jumpy, it’s now time to papara~ I’m definitely playing this because I consider their previous game, Natsuyume Nagisa, one of best of 2009. SAGA PLANETS’ stories are well written, their art is pretty and their cast is always filled with popular seiyuus. I’m pretty sure if they keep even a little bit of Hitsuji’s charms in this game, this will make for a heartwarming story. It’s also great for those who like osananajimi charas. For me, I like Saya and Ichika (the tsun iouto voiced by Samoto Fuuri). Ichika-chan, I’ll give you food, so come to me~
Getting introductions and developments out of the way quickly by having everyone live together is a nice touch indeed, no more worrying about how to interact with or have characters meet when they have all already known each other. I find myself even more drawn to the completely standard worthless protagonist who no doubt will have some sort of significance later on in the story despite otherwise being a waste of carbon and oxygen. I was less than impressed by Natsuyume Nagisa and the feeling has been carried over and amplified with Kisaragi where I am left to remorsefully shake my head and ponder what anyone could see of value in this game. Artwork is nothing special, characters are obviously bland, and story is as half assed as they come, it would take an amazing masochist to find enjoyment here. It is an insult to eroge players that games like this are not only made expected to sell well, but that people actually do buy them. I may not like moe games but I am at least sane enough to recognize the difference between good and bad moe.
Ouka Sengoku ~Nobunaga-chan no Koishite Yabou!?~
Company:ApRicoT Game site:桜花センゴク～信長ちゃんの恋して野望!?～ Release date: October 29, 2010 Comments: Mitsuhide is an extremely poor ‘student ronin’ who gets by via part-time jobs. One day, he receives an enrollment letter to Sengoku Gakuen and readily accepts it. On his first day, a girl named Nobunaga points her sword at him: “How dare you show your face to me, I’m gonna cut your head off!”. Fearful for his life, he explains that he’s not the real Akechi Mitsuhide, but that their names are just the same by coincidence. One by one, he meets girls with the name of other famous generals, such as Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin, who all mistaken him for the actual Mitsuhide.
Basically this is similar to Koihime, except with the Sengoku era. I have absolutely no problems with turning major historical figures into girls, but it’s weird hearing them called names like Masamune-chan. Apricot specializes in ecchi comedies and just looking at the sample CGs, it looks to be quite fun. There’s also extra scenarios after completing each heroine’s route for more sweet loving time. Many popular seiyuus like Gogyou Nazuna, Matsuda Risa, Aoba Ringo and Miru lend their voices to this game. I like the chara designs and Masamune-chan is so cute with her heart-shaped eyepatch! Hau omochikaeri~!
Obviously a game that instantly draws a parallel with Koihime just for the similarities of their concepts, however the biggest difference is Ouka Sengoku has a larger emphasis on making the characters cute and less emphasis on the story itself. I feel that overall Baseson has done a much better job with the Koihime series than all the spinoffs it has spawned combined, the imitations seem to always miss what made Koihime a good game. Ah well at least Ouka Sengoku should have enough comedy to be somewhat amusing… I sure hope so at least as if not it would probably be a really boring game to play.
Shukusai no Campanella!
Company:ういんどみるOasis (Windmill Oasis) Game site:祝祭のカンパネラ！ Release date: October 29, 2010 Comments: This is the fandisk for Shukufuku no Campanella!, featuring after stories for the four main heroines, as well as another stories for subheroines Nina, Salsa, Ritos and Avril. There’s also “Garnet Quest”, an extra quiz battle AVG featuring over 1000 questions. You get points for winning quiz battles, which you can use to buy items to help with other battles. At the same time, it will raise affection points and you can try to win over your partner. And all of this will be in widescreen 1280×720. It’ll be lots of fun for those Campanella fans who remember every trivial detail in the game. Now why doesn’t Golem get a route?
Finally another fandisk to save me time and effort, though I do have one thing to note here, I agree completely with Micchi GOLEM ROUTE PLEASE!
ARGH! (haven't download the prequel...!! nooo)
OP
Tortilla sisters PV
Seirei Tenshou ~Crystal Friends~
Company:ザウス (XUSE) Game site:聖なるかな・外伝 精霊天翔～Crystal Friends～ Release date: October 29, 2010 Comments: This is the fandisk to Seirei Tenshou and is an ADV/STG just like the original, but with more ichaicha episodes. The game consists of 40 short stories featuring many alternate scenarios that might have occurred. In the STG parts, you can now play as Liolina and Liliana (with frying pan as a weapon). If you’ve been sticking with the Seinarukana series, this should be right up your alley. Normally I’d comment on the heroines being quite small, but I think nothing beats Crayon Tulip this month.
Fans here is your disk, have fun. (man... I think this is new, but it's a fandisk... T_T)
Zettai Imouto Genri Shugi!!
Company:脳内彼女 (Nounai Kanojo) Game site:絶対★妹原理主義!! Release date: October 29, 2010 Comments: As the heir of the family dojo and their only brother, Takuma wants to set a good example for his four imoutos and trains hard every day. However, the oldest imouto Mizuki suggested one day that they tear down the dojo and build a shop instead. All the other girls quickly agree and so it becomes a battle between him and his imoutos for the fate of the family dojo! In order to win him over, they plan to seduce him all the time. Will he be able to fight off their advances (and his own primal urges) and preserve the family dojo?
Just give in already! It’s just a dojo! Besides, you can build a maid cafe instead and dress up all your imoutos in maid outfits and hadaka apron! This game is similar to Nounai Kanojo’s previous title Zettai Imouto Shijou Shugi, although there’s no direct relation. I find the artwork a bit lacking depth though, maybe because of the way lineart and shadows are drawn. Out of the available imoutos, Kanade and Akane are definitely my favorites. And what’s with the random pitcher plant devouring him in the OP…?
This game almost sounds really fun to me when I imaging him beating up his little sisters anyway. The rest of it sounds pretty dull and is a fairly standard setup for a game that specializes in a single trait, in this case imouto. Luckily this game is low in this months list so I am running out of hate and will leave it at that.
As far as the artwork I think what Micchi saw as lack of depth is due to the shades more than lineart, the shadow colors are often too close to the base color leaving to a lack of definition. Without a clearly defined shade there is no means to give form to the lineart leading to it looking more flat and unappealing.
Soukyuu no Soleil ~Fullmetal Eyes~
Company:SkyFish Game site:蒼穹のソレイユ～FULLMETAL EYES～ Release date:October 29, 2010Delayed to early 2011 Comments: Soukyuu no Soleil is a tactical battle SLG which is the successor to SkyFish’s previous “Valkyrie Saga” titles Shirogane no Soleil and Gouen no Soleil. The story takes place in another world where there is a white and a blue moon in the sky. The humans are constantly fighting magical monsters called ‘berserk’, which are weapons which activate using the souls of humans. Valkyries come from the white moon to aid them in battle. This is where the main protagonist Sora meets the valkyrie Odette on the battlefield and fight alongside one another. The battle system is like chess where you have to your pieces on the board and engage in battle. Of course, there’s battle animations just like in all other SkyFish titles. All characters are voiced, including the protagonist Sora. If you liked the other games in this series, this should be a fun pick-up for you.
Gotta love continuation games, when writing a commentary on them There is not a whole lot that needs to be said. I would however rather they just went TRPG system for such games though, they are more fun and interesting making the battle scenes feel less like work.
Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate
Company:sprite Game site:恋と選挙とチョコレート Release date: October 29, 2010 Comments: This is the first game by sprite. Two childhood friends attend Takafuji Gakuen: Yuuki, who wants to fall in love, and Chisato, who hates chocolates. They are part of the food research club along with their friend and classmate Mifuyu. Even though it’s a food research club, they don’t actually do anything except for buying candy with the club budget and enjoying their time together. It is an irreplaceable place to them. However, the club’s existence is in danger with one of the student council president candidates, Satsuki, vowing to close all clubs that don’t do anything. Since their club is in this list, they do their best to save it but there’s no other way but to participate in the student council president elections and defeat her. Yuuki is persuaded by Chisato to run in the election. At first he isn’t interested at all, but since the club members are trying their hardest, he too wants to win to save the club.
I’ve been really excited for this game ever since it was announced. The soft watercolor-style artwork by Akanashi Yuu is really beautiful. The story is by first-time writer Katagi Kou, but the general feedback from those who played the trial has been quite positive in terms of word choice and pacing. I also really liked the OP song and animation. This is a really tough choice for me to play this or Kisaragi first…
I am a bit torn here, I do have a fondness for the style of artwork though some of the proportions and lineart is lacking at times. Still the whole save the club storyline is a bit dull and cliché, while I liked the feeling of slice of life, the whole wanting to fall in love bit however kind of ruins a lot making the protagonist a lot less interesting. The real question is how will the game play out, when a protagonists has pointless eroge goals, and there is only a save the club story to bring people together Sprite sure has their work cut out for them if they want this to be a good game. I think I may give this game a shot to see how everything comes together, though I am not especially hopeful.
Lovekami
Company:PULLTOP Game site:恋神 -ラブカミ- Release date: October 29, 2010 Comments: In the future of a slightly different Japan, people are worried about the declining birth rate. To solve this problem, many gods come to the human world to help. One of them is a childlike kami-sama named Tsukuyomi who comes to live with Souta. Even though she is very wise, she also lacks a lot of common sense. And so Souta’s new rowdy school life begins. This is another kami-sama game by PULLTOP after Yunohana. It seems like they’re going with a new group of illustrators for this project, headed by Yashima Takahiro. The plot itself doesn’t interest me that much, but I really love the 3D PVs on PULLTOP’s channel. They’re so funny and cute! Ushishishi~
Setting reminds me of a nukige with a cheap lead in to justify tons of H scenes without any work. A silly game for silly people, Lovekami is one of those games that cannot even stand out enough in a bad way to be worth the ten or so minutes it takes to write up commentary on it.
As a side note the PVs were annoying.
That’s because you don’t understand them.
As I believe I have mentioned before: nor would I ever want to understand this.
OP
Oshiete Kami-sama! 3D
Oborokomachi
Company:コンチェルト (Concerto) Game site:朧小町 Release date:October 29, 2010Delayed to January 28, 2011 Comments: New release date after being pushed back from June. Blessed with good quality trees, the village of Oboro had prospered in the forest industry in the Heian era. It has been passed down for generations that the girls from this area are very beautiful. This is because they are descendants of Oboro-hime, a woman of unsurpassed beauty who lived in this fog-covered area. Now, the town is renamed Tsumagoi-shi, but the story of the Oboro maidens still continues. I have the feeling that this will be delayed again, considering the OP isn’t out yet. While the story nor graphics catch my attention, the OP song “Messenger” is actually quite nice.
Tsumagoi-shi tis a silly place, lets not go there.
and of course I'll be waiting for Ragnarock and Full metal Eyes.... but also Xuse release... but... arGHH!!! I need moar HDD SPACE!!!
ugh... out of tags spaces ^^
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