Nagging Sugaisar

One thing I dislike about watching sport anime is that I couldn't shake off the tension from the episodes - Up till today, I still re-imagined crucial scenes from the anime. I wonder if any anime watchers will experience this (manga readers always have this so I'm not shocked).

<Shakunetsu Kabaddi>, an anime which introduces kabaddi, a tactical combat game. I used to watch kabaddi match in Indian movies because I heard it's popular there. I am familiar with soccer, rugby, basketball, and certain commercialized sports such as volleyball, swimming, cycling, and many more. To me, kabaddi is a new idea in sport anime, which it still has more room to be developed as powerful as other sport anime.

The story begins when Yoigoshi Tatsuya, a gifted soccer player, quit soccer and comforted himself in the world of live streaming. Due to his nickname "Yoigoshi The Unstoppable", many seniors of other sport clubs (obviously soccer club was included) tried to scout him as their member. His identity as a streamer is known by Iura Kei, a vice captain of Noukin's Kabaddi Club, hence he used that secret to lure Yoigoshi to try playing a match.

<Shakunetsu Kabaddi> is outstanding in getting the story flow almost effortlessly. I mean, as a newbie, Yoigoshi and other first-years should be explained about rules and regulation of Kabaddi; raiders, antis, defence and raiding, lona, bonus line, etc. Through this 12-episode anime, even the viewers could learn along how Kabaddi actually is. From a very heart warming episodes, the story progresses with increasing tension, especially when Noukin has begun joining real matches against other high schools (though it was only a practice match)

I am amazed at how smooth the progression Yoigoshi has made through the anime. From training his body for physical movement, to training his mental for strategies, he did great as a newbie. In Noukin's Kabaddi Club, he was one of the first year students beside Azemichi Souma, and another new members Ban Nobutaka, Hitomi Yuuki, and Seki Ryuuta. He successfully applied most of his training session whether in soccer or kabaddi, in real matches. The ability to instantly think of tactics was the most amazing part of Yoigoshi.

Other than Yoigoshi, the members of Noukin's Kabaddi Club were improving as well. Such as Azemichi Souma, Date Shinji, Misumi Kyouhei, and Iura Kei. Each of them, somehow, has quite gloomy past, however they chose to move on and get stronger. Nevertheless, there was one character that I've been watching in every episodes.

Commonly, people for Kabaddi have larger stature, stronger brawn, or at least strategically bright. This particular character basically has only light body and quite frail limbs. Oujo Masato is the captain of Noukin's Kabaddi, and surprisingly even a captain of powerhouse school dreamt of defeating him. He has the smallest body among the club members, yet the hardest to fetch. Thanks to his light body, he could move his body in either direction and produce almost no sound and sensation which always fools the opponents.

His love towards Kabaddi is infinite - He knows he has feeble body, but because of his passion, he utilizes his weightless body excellently. This makes him a formidable foe (even his own team could not take him down). He has apprentices who want to defeat him, and in this Season 1, I could say there's one person who will one day actually surpass him.

The opening and ending songs are good, but I would like to tell more about the voice actors (*scream internally*) Most of the voice actors are well known for having wide range of tones. These are some of them.

1. Uchida Yuuma as Yoigoshi Tatsuya

2. Okamoto Nobuhiko as Oujo Masato

3. Furukawa Makoto as Iura Kei

4. Suzuki Tatsuhisa as Misumi Kyouhei

5. Takeuchi Shunsuke as Date Shinji

6. Satou Gen as Azemichi Souma

7. Murase Ayumu as Hitomi Yuuki

8. Suzumura Kenichi as Takaya Ren

9. Hanae Natsuki as Sakura Manabu

10. Saitou Souma as Utou Hiromoto

I just realize Uchida Yuuma has voiced quite plentiful anime this year. I must congratulate him for getting more and more chances to appear for his fans (I'm included).

After taking weeks to finish watching <Mars Red>, I've finally finished this tormenting anime the day before yesterday. I was glad that I didn't straight away believe bad reviews I've happened to read somewhere online beforehand. From its first five minutes, I've already engrossed with the opening theme and the cinematography it applied through the anime.

Unusually, it used movie-like cinematography. The 2.35:1 scope has already intrigued my curiosity because <Mars Red> is the first anime that I've watched with such screen size. Automatically, I doubted if I could maintain watching it till the end because I'm not the type to watch anime movie (unless the movie is super melancholic).

The first episode began rather slow. I could yawn at first. But honestly, I was hugely wrong as I thought it was boring me out. In fact, <Mars Red> was a masterpiece! The plot flowed not slowly, but to be more precise, it slowly burned me down.

I'm sorry if this contains spoilers. But it's so good that I can't help myself but to expose things!

There are many things I love about this anime. The cinematography is one thing. The best part is the plot. It portrayed how bad the world these characters lived in, plus the historical background and setting through the anime added on the tense. Everyone knew how less complicated our technology was hundred years ago, but <Mars Red> excellently showed the ability of those soldiers and personnel strived for winning the war despite the lack of technology usages.

Beside the plot, the personality of each of the characters played their role finely. I love how <Mars Red> showed Maeda Yoshinobu's cause of sadness and sorrow, the lost of his beloved ones, and how the world began and ended for himself. His naturally stern face could hide his real emotion, yet only those closest to him could figure out his overwhelming frustration. Even though he was anguished by those hurtful incident he witnessed with his own eyes, he kept on moving.

This was the unit Maeda worked with - Code Zero consisted of capable vampires. Maeda was the only human (of course the others were initially humans too) but he never planned on killing any of them. In fact, he believed in the unit's ability to solve the elevating numbers of vampires throughout Japan, therefore he trained them in combat and stuffs (this didn't show much in anime but judging from his reliability, I knew he did).

Another interesting characters in <Mars Red> are these vampires.

Suwa was the oldest vampire. He wore a mask because it was said to control himself from lashing out too much power, but I never saw him going on berserk (There was one scene that he could barely control his movement once the mask detached from him). His life experience was his best teacher, which explained why he tried not to get too close to anyone. His failed romanticized relationship told <Mars Red> viewers that vampire - human relationship wouldn't make it, and this drove him to have one with a vampire instead.

Nevertheless, Kurusu Shuutaro's romance surpassed that bad dream of Suwa. Kurusu was a powerful A-class vampire, who loved Shirase Aoi. Due to a logic agreement with Maeda, he declared himself as dead since he has contracted as a vampire, yet he kept on stumbling at Aoi's whereabouts. Despite being aware of his vampire-ness, he was the one who didn't drink blood, which lessened his strength by time. After Aoi was revealed about his condition, Aoi gave him her blood so that he could replenish his strength and fight against other insane vampires.

All right, I've become too focus on the characters.

The soundtracks really gave me goose bumps. The sound contradicted in that one battle between Kurusu and Maeda, which I found it fascinating. Shonen anime lovers must have known how the music was played when main leads fighting against each other, but the paradox music was beautifully engraved through that last episode. It portrayed Maeda's climax of devastation and yearn to meet that particular someone, and at the same time Kurusu craving for Maeda's recognition and acknowledgment.

Other than that, the opening theme is a heart capture. I kept on humming the melody while driving, and I've already added it into my list of Jpop song. I've always heard Wagakki Band but I had no idea how their songs are. <Aria of Life> practically summarized the lamentation of <Mars Red> characters have endured. Please try listening to it on Youtube Music.

The sky is dark, but I don't think it will rain.

It's already Sunday, yet I refuse to admit the fact that tomorrow is Monday. This weekend feels so short, most probably because I sleep and do nothing. I did watch anime yesterday, but I could only watch one episode. The rest of the free time, I manageably shopped, ate, and did some house chores.

Right beside my laptop lies my breakfast. Yes, I typed this while eating. Please do not do this at home. My parents are away at the moment, so I'm free to do anything I want including eating in my bedroom (It's a big taboo in my house). Actually, I don't really fond of the idea, but I've set up my laptop stationary on my study table, so it's preferably maintained here.

I am writing a new post of my tumblr and a new chapter for my fan fiction on Wattpad. Feel free to come over because it's just a simple fiction, but I secretly hope for it to really happen (I mean, to the characters in the anime). If you want to know what the fan fiction is all about, please click here to directly visit the page.

Perhaps I'm depressed. I hardly find interest in writing. I write this now because I'm pushing myself to write so that I won't forget the sensation of typing on this keyboard. I may be babbling aimlessly, but as long as I won't let myself getting swayed by this writer's block, I won't stop doing this.

I've successfully bought a manga! *applauded* It's Tegami Bachi, Kinokuniya is having a promotion and I've been itching to buy a manga. I've been dreaming of owning a Tegami Bachi manga, hence I bought it. I ain't abandoning other volume of the series, but it's the only volume available there.

I have a list of TBR manga, mostly I bought from Kinokuniya. Spy X Family, Persona 5, Moriarty The Patriot, Dead Mount Death Play, Damekoi, and many more. I read light novel too, and Durarara!! is my current read. It's said that Durarara!! is an adaptation from a novel, so I thought of collecting the series. But I need to manage my money properly.

If I have extra space and chance, I want to collect other omnibus manga too. Shaman King has been my target, but I won't reject other titles too. As long as it attracts my liking, I'll gladly accept it.

I'm currently watching Mars Red. I once saw people mocking it. I somehow could figure what the reason is, but I don't find it sickening too. I mean, the plot is quite slow but at least it chronologically flows. Explanation through episodes eases me to understand it better. I'm at episode 3 for now, and I'm looking forward to the climax.

You may read the synopsis here.

My nephew is watching Attack on Titan while I'm writing here. He keeps on coming to my room and re-states the episode he's watching, like summarizing his observation through the anime. I wonder if it's a good idea to display Attack on Titan to him.

Helo for whoever coming across my very first post in this Tumblr. FYI, this is my third time of creating a Tumblr. The first was around 8 years ago (even I ogled at myself after counting the years), abandoned because I forgot to do daily updates. The second was last year, used as a place I could literally pour my idea for fan fiction. Then I deleted it because... I couldn't find what the reason was.

I'm a she. 25 years old, and a schediaphilia (need to google the actual spelling though) not because of my life as a single woman. 25 is just a number *flip hair*. I ain't bragging about my age, plus I've just gotten a job last week. I practically have nothing as my asset.

But I have something as my hobbies.

1. Reading manga / manhwa / novel

2. Watching anime and drama (movie? Not much)

3. Writing novel / short stories / blog (obviously I'm doing it now)

4. Drawing (ain't a fine artist, and my drawing is stiff but I enjoy drawing so why shouldn't I keep doing it, right?)

5. Purchasing manga / light novels (ain't a proper hobby but I just realize this lately)

6. Eating, sleeping, and daydreaming.

Writing has always been my passion, and I won't mind to let someone else reading my fiction, as long as I'm not around him/her at the moment.

Favourite anime? There's no favouritism in my collection, but apparently these are some of anime that I always have recollection when I ain't busy. Plus, these are the earliest anime I've watched when I wasn young.

1. Digimon (Adventure, 02, Tamers, Frontier, Tri)

Mainly because the Digimons are cute. I like Patamon the best. Other than the Digimons, I love the siblings Ishida Yamato and Takaishi Takeru, and the twins Kimura Kouichi and Minamoto Kouji.

2. Code Geass

The first psychology anime, watched when I was 13. The anime is quite heavy to me, but then I began to understand better when I re-watched years later. "All hail Lelouch!"

3. Yakitate Japan

The first food anime. It basically about bread and how to make it. Azuma Kazuma is a gifted bread maker and wants to commercialize his own bread, but he doesn't know all those creations are actually existing in the first place.

4. Kimi to Boku

The first slice-of-life anime. Five best friends always spend time together. They laugh, quarrel, and even cry together. I love their friendship the most.

5. Tegami Bachi

Not the first fantasy anime, but this is the first anime which successfully made me cry. I watched this for the first time when I was 15. The melancholic killed, I must say.

6. Katekyo Hitman Reborn

The first action anime. I began watching this around 11 years ago. I like everything about this anime, even the character designs and plot. I couldn't find its weakness.

I'm more into shonen, mystery, thriller, horror or slice of life (this contradicts the others, yes I know) genres. Romantic and harem aren't my types, unless I accidentally began watching its first episode and got entangled to it.