School Rumble — Harima’s Women Reading the recent School Rumble Z chapters (five and six specifically), this autumn wallpaper featuring Harima along with Yakumo, Eri, and Tenma made me smile since these are the main girls in Harima’s life (discounting his cousin, Itoko-sensei). Heh. Can’t wait to read the next volume of the School Rumble
Vacation’s All I Ever Wanted!
Vacation’s All I Ever Wanted! Hey gang! While I managed to get a long weekend off a couple of weeks ago, I’m finally getting some time away from work! And today, my plans are to goof off to the max! Of course as I write this (on Thursday), I’m on the bridge call from hell
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
What’s a Manga Everyone Should Read?
What’s a Manga Everyone Should Read? A long time ago, I got asked “What’s a manga that everyone should read?” I’d long planned to make it a one-time post, but never got around to it. However, there’s one obvious choice — Yotsuba&! –> Buy Yotsuba&! from Amazon.com! The Story, in Brief A man named KOIWAI
Serial Experiments Lain Review (Community Anime Reviews Rescue)
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)
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 127 Manga Review フェアリーテイル 100年クエスト SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: The members of Gagarock miners’ guild challenge Natsu. They attack, but Natsu doesn’t respond since he doesn’t want to anger Lucy. However, Natsu sneezes, causing a massive explosion, defeating the miners. Elsewhere, Erza and Jellal discover that they can use magic within
White Album 13 (or “Our Animation Budget Has Been Spent!”)
April 3rd, 2009 
AstroNerdBoy ホワイトアルバム Episode 13 White Album Ep. 13 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Yuki’s concert goes off without a hitch as apparently does Rina’s. Sakura-dan is not so lucky. Yuki gets to see Touya again after the concert where she gives him her Christmas present. She lets him know that the phone call ban is over and tells him
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Tags: What I'm Watching, White Album 
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xxxHOLiC Manga Chapter 177
April 2nd, 2009 AstroNerdBoy xxxHOLiC Manga Chapter 176 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Doumeki ponders the egg that Yuuko-san gave him as payment some time ago when Watanuki comes out and is amazed that Doumeki hasn’t finished the adult beverage yet. Watanuki decides to get the umeshu (sake with plums). He then notices that there are two Sakura’s and two Syaoran’s standing
Fruits Basket Manga Volume 22
April 2nd, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Fruits Basket Manga Volume 22 –> Buy Fruits Basket Collector’s Edition Vol. 11 from Amazon.com Note: This contains volumes 21 and 22 of the original manga release. SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Kyo goes to see his father to try to put things right there. He then returns to the hospital to learn from Hana and Uo that
Posted in AstroNerdBoy, Contributing Writers, Manga Tags: Fruits Basket, TAKAYA Natsuki, TokyoPop 11 Comments »
Clannad’s Nagisa (No April Fool’s Here)
April 1st, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Clannad’s Nagisa (No April Fool’s Here) I’ve never cared much for April Fool’s day though I did find some of the possible origins of the event to be of interest. Regardless, since there are going to be a lot of people with their desperate attempts at pranks, I figured I’d be a voice of sanity
Negima! Manga Vol 27 (Ch 246) *SPOILERS*
April 1st, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Negima! Manga Vol 27 (Ch 246) *SPOILERS* 魔法先生 ネギま！Volume 27 Chapter 246 (manga) Mahou Sensei Negima! Manga Chapter 246 Summary/Synopsis: Negi attempts to get up, recalling Ako and Tosaka but begins to vomit blood. Jack tells Negi to give it up since his whole purpose was to just test Negi. While he won’t say that
Posted in AstroNerdBoy, Contributing Writers, Manga Tags: AKAMATSU Ken, Mahou Sensei Negima, Negima, Negima Volume 27, 魔法先生ネギま 22 Comments »
Toradora! Final Thoughts
March 31st, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Toradora! Final Thoughts I was watching Kannagi and enjoying the humor when I noticed that there was a great deal of buzz about a series called Toradora!. People were comparing the two series and trying to figure out which of the two titles were the best of Fall 2008. Some people even mentioned it here,
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Clannad After Story 24 (A Recap I Actually Liked)
March 31st, 2009 AstroNerdBoy クラナド アフターストーリー Episode 24 (finale/end) Clannad ~After Story~ Ep. 24 Recap Clannad After Story 24 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Tomoya tells Ushio the story of how he and Mama (Nagisa) met in high school, made friends with Kyou, Ryou, Kotomi, Tomoyo, and the others, including “Youhei-ojichan.” Tomoya then tells of the formation of the Drama Club and
