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
Desert Rose OVA Review
Desert Rose OVA Review Desert Rose ~ The Snow Apocalypse Suna no Bara 砂の薔薇 Suna no Bara (Desert Rose) – Yuki no Mokushiroku 砂の薔薇（デザート・ローズ） 「雪の黙示録」 For years now, my Twitter/X feed will feature some sort of meme, GIF, or even clip featuring a sassy, blonde woman, taken from a early 90s anime title. Eventually I
Playing Games!
Playing Games! Hey gang! On Monday, I tried to get all of the running around I needed to do. Unfortunately, because of the holiday, some places I didn’t expect to be closed were. As such, I have to take care of those things come Wednesday, including dealing with storms. I blather all that to basically
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 128 Manga Review (Not Fairy Tail! #FairyTail #FairyTail100YearsQuest)
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 128 Manga Review フェアリーテイル 100年クエスト SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Sting, Rogue, and Natsu loom over the large, muscular, defeated leader of the Gagarock Miners’ Guild. After getting information on where the alchemist guild Gold Owl is, Natsu is ready to go there. Minerva stops him, and the members of Sabertooth, sans
Whoa! “xxxHOLiC Rei” Returned?
Whoa! xxxHOLiC Rei Returned? Hey gang! One of the more disappointing manga titles I ever read was xxxHOLiC, which suffered massively by its link to Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE. However, when CLAMP decided to spinup a sequel series called xxxHOLiC Rei, I did start reading it. I did some chapter reviews of the first twelve chapters
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
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
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Tags: AKAMATSU Ken, Mahou Sensei Negima, Negima, Negima Volume 27, 魔法先生ネギま 
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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,
Posted in Anime, AstroNerdBoy, Contributing Writers Tags: review, Toradora, What I'm Watching 4 Comments »
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
xxxHOLiC Manga Chapter 176
March 30th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy xxxHOLiC Manga Chapter 176 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: After Watanuki and Doumeki finish eating, Doumeki wants some of the cookies that Himawari-chan made. Watanuki goes off on Doumeki but since Himawari-chan wanted them to share the cookies, he agrees to this, telling Doumeki he better appreciate them. Doumeki acknowledges that the cookies were made for Watanuki’s sake
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Slayers Evolution-R 10
March 30th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Slayers Evolution-R 10 スレイヤーズ EVOLUTION－R Episode 10 Slayers EVOLUTION-R Ep. 10 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: While camping for the night, Zelgadiss steals the Hellmaster Jar and escapes. Pokota awakens to discover it is missing, so he, Lina, Amelia, and Ozel fly off to find Zelgadiss leaving Gourry to follow on the ground. Zelgadiss has decided to force
Posted in Anime, AstroNerdBoy, Contributing Writers Tags: Slayers, Slayers EVOLUTION-R, What I'm Watching 2 Comments »
Negima! Chapter 246 SPOILER Images
March 28th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Negima! 246 SPOILER Images 魔法先生 ネギま！Chapter 246 (Images) Here’s what I know many of you have been waiting for — the original-sized, sneak-peek images for Mahou Sensei Negima! 246 as brought to you buy anonymous Japanese fans (click pic to make bigger, y’all). Kotaro and Negi are BACK!
Toradora! — Taiga’s New Seifuku
March 28th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Toradora! — Taiga’s New Seifuku I didn’t have time to do a grab with Taiga’s new seifuku, but some Japanese fan provided an image instead. I have to say, I love it! I’ll have some final thoughts on Toradora! next week. Updated: Here’s the link to my series review of Toradora! https://anime.astronerdboy.com/2009/03/toradora-final-thoughts.html
