So, today has been a pretty good 'anime sunday' for me. I keep telling myself that in order to keep up with what is cool in anime, I'm just going to devote all of my Sundays to it! (and as long as I can keep my girlfriend stocked in books and crime shows, I don't think she will complain either, lol)
On today's agenda, I watched episodes 11 - 14 of InuYasha.... numbers 11 and 12, I found a little disappointing. I really wish that Kagome wasn't able to go back and forth between time periods. I think just being stuck in the past would make for a better storyline, and maybe its' that way in the manga but not in the anime. Being able to go back and forth just seems too convenient. Those two episodes were nothing but pointless filler... and it bored me to tears. I was glad to get back to the feudal era for episodes 13 and 14, and while episode 13 was just fair (finally giving Inuyasha some weakness)... the resurrecting Kikyo thing in episode 14 is really quite genius. That was a great episode! It's really left me wanting to watch more.
Unfortunately, due to my TV A.D.D., I switched to a different anime after that : Baka&Test: Summon the Beasts. It was only 13 episodes long, so I figured I'd knock it out in one afternoon, and I did. And honestly, it was just okay. The other year at A-KON, FUNimation made a whole lot of hulabaloo about this series, but I found it really lacking when I actually watched it. I mean sure, it's funny and the animation isn't all that bad, but the story and characters were lacking. It's definitely a show just to fill up time. I like the concept of including video-games aspects into schools though. I know a ton of people who would pay more attention if school was more like Baka and Test, haha. I can't understand why this series is being sold at such a ridiculously high price still.... but if I can find it to stream, I'll probably watch season two.... without my girlfriend in the room. She doesn't get it, and frankly the sexual stuff in cartoons (even though the show is obviously for teens and young adults) kind of turns her off and makes her give me weird looks ^^''
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