xxxHOLiC Manga Chapter 181 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Watanuki finds himself in the dark and assumes he is dreaming, but figures it is better than the dream he had been having where Yuuko-san had disappeared. Yuuko-san’s voice corrects him and says that this is reality, causing Watanuki to face the voice. He finds Yuuko-san held up by
Lupin the 3rd: Part II 16 (Jekyll and Hyde #LupinIII)
Lupin the 3rd: Part II 16 Lupin III Part 2 16 ルパン三世 – 新シリーズ Ep. 16 Lupin Sansei Shin Series Lupin III New Series SPOILER Summary/Synopsis Lupin, Goemon, and Jigen are in France, where Lupin announces he will steal the Star of Versailles jewel early in the morning. The owner gets worried, but Zenigata assures
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Serial Experiments Lain Review シリアルエクスペリメンツレイン Since the Community Anime Reviews site frequently goes down for long periods of time, I’m republishing some of my OG reviews from there. I have corrected obvious spelling errors though. I will add new notes in parenthesis, labeled “ANB note.” 😅 I won’t count these as part of the “Back
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 127 Manga Review (Sabertooth #FairyTail #FairyTail100YearsQuest)
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Fate/stay night – 11
May 19th, 2009 
AstroNerdBoy フェイト／ステイナイト Ep 11 Fate/stay night episode 11 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: After completing three hours of sword training with Saber, Rin grabs him to train by reinforcing the kerosene lamps. Rin finds in the store room a group of solid steel (silver?) objects such as tea kettle, a knife, and what was a bamboo sword. Saber joins
“Japan’s collective breath, already bad, is getting worse.”
May 18th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy “Japan’s collective breath, already bad, is getting worse.” I do scan Japanese news sites and the like for interesting tidbits, kind of like this article from Japan Today about how stress is causing people’s stank-breath to get worse. It was this quote that made me laugh out loud though. “Japan’s collective breath, already bad, is
Fate/stay night – 10
May 18th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy フェイト／ステイナイト Ep 10 Fate/stay night episode 10 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Shirou decides to skip school and train with Saber in the dojo. After two hours of training with shinai, Shirou has yet to land a blow on Saber. Despite this, Saber is impressed with Shirou’s efforts. As it is almost lunch time, Shirou takes off to
More Negima! Chapter 251 SPOILER Images
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Negima! Chapter 251 SPOILER Images
May 16th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Negima! 251 SPOILER Images 魔法先生 ネギま！Chapter 251 (Images) Here’s what I know many of you have been waiting for — the original-sized, sneak-peek images for Mahou Sensei Negima! 251 as brought to you buy anonymous Japanese fans (click pic to make bigger, y’all). Looks like one of the old posters has returned with the small
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood – 06
May 16th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Hagane no Renkinjutsushi – Fullmetal Alchemist Ep. 06 鋼の錬金術師 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST Episode 06 Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood – 06 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: After being seen off by Lt. Col. Hughes, Al, Ed, and Major Armstrong leave Central City for Resembool. On a stop, Armstrong sees and older man he identifies as Dr. Marcoh. The man runs off
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Fate/stay night – 09
May 15th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy フェイト／ステイナイト Ep 09 Fate/stay night episode 09 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Saber faces her opponent, the Servant “Assassin” who was known as SASAKU Kojirou. Saber feels duty bound to give her real name as well, but Assassin is not interested. They exchange blows and while Assassin is able to counter Saber, he is not able to land
